Crew members at the boathouse were alerted by members of the public to persons in the water between the harbour launching ramp and West Quay. The sea had been agitated by a ship leaving the West Quay outer berth.

The swimmers had got into difficulties and members of their family attempted rescue by swimming to their assistance.

The lifeboat crew immediately supported one adult female swimmer and one teenage boy, who were both brought aboard the lifeboat in a shocked and exhausted state.

Whitstable Yacht Club safety boat retrieved one other person and landed them ashore.

The crew was later paged at 1904 to go to the assistance of a young boy in the water off the Clock Tower, Herne Bay, holding onto a yellow speed limit buoy.

As the boat was about to launch Thames Cg phoned the boathouse to report that the boy had been rescued by a passing boat, and was now safely ashore.