Newhaven’s Y boat (the small inflatable kept onboard a Severn class lifeboat) was used in a medical evacuation on 5 June.

A fisherman had been injured, falling from a quayside ladder while unloading his catch. The lifeboat crew worked with paramedics to immobilise him on a spinal board, before taking him downriver to the lifeboat station, where an ambulance was waiting.