Lifeboat crews in Sheerness were called to four incidents across a 12-hour window.

Members of the RNLI team got their first call yesterday just after 2.30pm, and then the last call out was just after 2am today.

The first was for lifeboat Judith Copping Joyce, when it was launched with a crew of six to reports of a jet ski, with two people onboard, that was drifting near the number four buoy in the Medway Approach Channel.

After launching, the lifeboat received an updated location for the casualty which was now given as a different location and after a search which yielded nothing, a change of direction for the lifeboat soon located the jet ski.

Both the casualties were taken onboard the RNLI vessel and their craft was taken under tow to Queenborough Harbour.

The crew were tasked again at 5.11pm to assist a 6.5-meter motor cruiser, with four people onboard, that had suffered mechanical issues and was drifting in the area of the Great Nore anchorage.

With the vessel located, a towline was attached and the craft was taken to the safety of Queenborough Harbour with all four people on board.

At 8.36pm the crew of the inshore lifeboat Buster were called to a report of a small vessel thought to be in difficulties off Allhallows in the Thames estuary.

On arrival, the crew found two vessels at anchor with their occupants fishing and all were reported to be OK and the lifeboat was stood down.

Crews were paged again at 2.09 am today and requested to muster and await instructions to attend a multi-agency incident at Rochester, but were later stood down from the job as it had been resolved.