News Archive

  • Sink Our Ship, preferably with donations!
  • Sat 19th Jan 2013
  • Crewmen from the Dart lifeboat manned a liferaft in the Dartmouth Boatfloat last Saturday. It was in aid of the annual RNLI SOS fundraising event. This year locally raised money will go towards the on-going costs of running the Dart station. Read more >>
  • Quadrille's voyage to the Azores completed successfully.
  • Thu 26th Jul 2012
  • Dennis Courtney and James Taylor's cruise in Quadrille to the Azores and back was completed successfully. It was not only a great achievement by the 80 year old skipper and his crew but they had great fun as well. Read more >>
  • Tree falls on Lifeboat station
  • Mon 30th Apr 2012
  • Dart crew were sent a unique pager alert. “Tree down on lifeboat station. Testing pagers. Did you receive this?” The alarm was raised at 7.30 this morning as 60mph gusts were recorded in Dartmouth harbour. Read more >>
  • Dart lifejacket clinic
  • Mon 16th Apr 2012
  • Dart Lifeboat Station held their annual Lifejacket Clinic on Saturday 21 April. John Yunnie, Sea Safety Officer for the Dart lifeboat and his colleague from Totnes, Max Majendie, had arranged the clinic and John said he was very pleased with... Read more >>
  • SOS 2012
  • Wed 15th Feb 2012
  • Friday 27 Jan was the RNLI’s national SOS fundraising day. As in previous years we ran events on the day, but also were active before and after the day itself.The aim this year is for each lifeboat station to raise enough money to... Read more >>
  • Great River Race challenge accomplished
  • Wed 21st Sep 2011
  • Eleven members of the Dart RNLI lifeboat crew have returned, exhilarated but aching, from taking part in the Great River Race on the Thames on Saturday 17 September.There were over 300 craft taking part including gigs, cutters, whalers, longboats and... Read more >>
  • Dart crew enter the Great River Race
  • Tue 23rd Aug 2011
  • Ten RNLI crewmen from Dartmouth are preparing to row the four and a half ton Ryder lifeboat for 21 miles from London Docklands to Richmond-on-Thames in the Great River Race on Saturday 17 September. Read more >>
  • SOS day with the Dart RNLI
  • Fri 28th Jan 2011
  • Yes, it's come round again! Next year (2011) SOS Day falls on Friday 28 January, and the overall theme for the charity's biggest fundraising day is rowing! Read more >>
  • Source-to-the-Sea
  • Tue 10th Aug 2010
  • Magnificent effort by Dart RNLI lifeboat crew as they conquer the Source to the Sea challenge Read more >>
  • Joint Training Exercise
  • Tue 6th Jul 2010
  • A joint training exercise with Dart lifeboat, RNLI Lifeguards and Dartmouth Coastguard teams took place on 6 July 2010. Read more >>
  • Dart RNLI stand by defiant swimmer
  • Wed 17th Mar 2010
  • The volunteer crew of the Dart RNLI inshore lifeboat were gathered at their weekly meeting yesterday evening (Tuesday 16 March) when a call came in reporting that a lone swimmer was attempting to make it across the river. Read more >>
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