Whitstable lifeboat service details

Date	20th March 2009
Casualty	Body
Wind	NE 3
Launch time	1234
Recovery Time	1327
Crew	Dave Parry, Martin Easton, Kellie Litchfield
Details The lifeboat was requested to launch following the discovery of a body on the beach at Tankerton. Initially the lifeboat conducted a search and stood by offshore whilst Police and Coastguards dealt with the incident but later returned to station when no further assistance was required at the scene. Further info here: http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Body-sea-Whitstable/article-785942-detail/article.html and here: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=59247