Beaumaris Lifeboat and Penmon coastguards assist a fishing boat that was aground

The Penmon Mobile coastguard unit who had already been tasked and was monitoring the situation from the shore.

The lifeboat launched and proceeding to the area, placing a crew member aboard the casualty vessel to assist when she refloated. This was achieved at approximately 11.15 pm and the lifeboat then escorted the craft with the RNLI crew volunteer still aboard back the slipway in Menai Bridge, so that the vessel could be recovered from the water with the aid of the Coastguard team.

Once this was safely completed, at the lifeboat was released by the Coastguard to return to station and was back at Beaumaris Lifeboat Station by 12.30 am on the 13 May 2024 to be refuelled and cleaned.

A RNLI spokesperson said: ‘this was an excellent example of the cooperation between the lifeboat volunteers and the Penmon Mobile Coastguard team.

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