Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service was called into action three times on Sunday (April 10) to assist vessels in distress. The independent lifeboat, based at Stokes Bay, Gosport, was first tasked by UK Coastguard to assist a 26ft vessel drifting in Portchester Creek, at around...
Three yachts, a RIB and a speedboat were all rescued by Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service after they got into trouble in choppy Solent waters this weekend. One yacht was saved from crashing into Haslar Sea Wall, Gosport, after losing all power and steering off...
A woman was evacuated from a fort in the Solent this morning by Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service after she developed breathing difficulties. Gosport’s voluntary lifeboat crew was paged by UK Coastguard at 0330 and a crew of seven – including two medics – rushed...
Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service was called into action on Saturday (March 12) to help a stricken vessel that had become trapped on a buoy in the Solent. The yacht – which had four people on board – had fouled its keel on the buoys...
Rescuers were paged by UK Coastguard on Sunday (May 8) evening to reports of two youths in difficulties in the water. The pair – aged between 14 and 16 – had been spotted clinging to a piece of wood in Fareham Creek, behind Fleetlands, by a...
Emergency services were called into action on Sunday, February 7, to reports of a missing child in the water in Gosport. Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) was launched into force eight seas by UK Coastguard at around 10.40am and joined the search in Workshouse...