Eastbourne Lifeboat and Coastguard Helicopter tasked to reports of a body in the sea

Grace Turner

Published: 3:33 pm December 17, 2022

Updated: 10:38 pm September 7, 2025

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Eastbourne lifeboat Venteeer Crew was paged on Thursday 15th December at 3:15pm.

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They were requested to launch the All Weather Lifeboat and tasked to a report of a human body in the sea which had been sighted by a Belgium trawler 16 miles South East of Sovereign Harbour.

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