Eastbourne RNLI was called out at 11.15pm last night to an ‘incident East of Belle Tout Lighthouse.’

The #VolunteerCrew was requested to launch the #InshoreLifeboat and tasked to assist Police, Local Coastguards and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter with an incident East of Belle Tout Lighthouse.

The RNLI said: “There will be no further details due to the sensitive nature of the call.”

Picture courtesy of Carl Pocock, Lifeboat Operations Manager.