Littlehampton RNLI midnight search

The crew was paged at 11.44pm, reporting there was a female in the sea.

Ten minutes later, the RNLI station’s D class lifeboat, Ray of Hope, was launched and headed out to the reported location in the sea, opposite Littlehampton Leisure Centre in Sea Road.

On arrival at the scene the crew commenced the search close to the water’s edge, along with a police helicopter also in attendance.

At 12.09am, a request was made for Littlehampton’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Renée Sherman, to launch and assist in a more extensive search for the reported casualty.

Following further information from the coastguard, both lifeboats undertook a wider search of the area.

At 1.39am on Sunday (September 11) it was decided that the search had proved inconclusive and was therefore terminated. Both lifeboats were stood down and they returned to the lifeboat station where they were made ready for service.

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