Three tasking requests in nine hours for Beaumaris Lifeboat on Saturday.

The first launch was in response to a report of a dive boat broken down one mile north of Puffin Island .as the lifeboat crew assembled it was reported that another vessel had managed to take the casualty craft in tow and that the assistance of the lifeboat would not be required.

At 9.19 pm a request to launch was received from H.M. Coastguard to investigate reports of a suspicious object seen drifting between the Menai Bridge and the Britannia Bridge. The lifeboat volunteers launched at 9.30 pm and made their way to the area.

In the meanwhile, the Bangor and Penmon Mobile Coastguard teams had also been tasked to commence a shoreline search in the area.

A deceased grey seal was discovered and taken to the Coastguards on the shore.

The Coastguards had subsequently received a report by a member of the public on Church Island that a splash had been heard, as the seal would not have been responsible for this, the lifeboat was tasked to continue the search from the Britannia Bridge to Y Felinheli with the Mobile Coastguard units’ teams similarly instructed for a shoreline search.

Once the searches had been undertaken the lifeboat and the coastguard teams received instructions to stand down and return to station. The lifeboat arrived back at Beaumaris Lifeboat Station at 10.39 pm to be refuelled and cleaned.

A RNLI spokesperson said: ‘Our volunteer lifeboat crew were able to commence a search pattern very quickly and ensure a thorough search undertaken before nightfall descended to reduce visibility.’

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