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Eleri DaviesLifeguard Press Officer
Lifeboats News Release
Five RNLI lifeboats search for missing fisherman on North Wales coast
Five RNLI lifeboats are currently out searching for a fisherman reported missing from his vessel in the early hours this morning. Both Holyhead and Porthdinllaen all-weather lifeboats were requested to launch at 2:35am when Holyhead Coastguard received a Mayday call from a fishing vessel after a crewmember was reported missing.
Volunteer crew of Trearddur Bay’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat were requested to launch at 3:50am, as well as Trearddur Bay and Holyhead’s RNLI inshore lifeboats at 8:44am. The lifeboats joined RAF Sea King helicopter, Coastguard, the casualty vessel as well as 4 other vessels in the search for the missing man.
The crewmember was last seen at 12:45am and reported missing at 2:30am. Weather conditions were very good last night with calm seas and little wind. Sea temperature was 8 degrees.
RNLI media contact
For more information please contact Ray Steadman, Holyhead Lifeboat Press Officer on 07867 506939 or Eleri Davies, RNLI Press Officer on 01745 585162 / 07771 941 390.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea. Our volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland from 236 lifeboat stations, including four along the River Thames and inland lifeboat stations at Loch Ness, Lough Derg, Enniskillen and Lough Ree. Additionally the RNLI has more than 1,000 lifeguards on over 180 beaches around the UK and operates a specialist flood rescue team, which can respond anywhere across the UK and Ireland when inland flooding puts lives at risk.
The RNLI relies on public donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. As a charity it is separate from, but works alongside, government-controlled and funded coastguard services. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved at least 140,000 lives. Volunteers make up 95% of the charity, including 4,600 volunteer lifeboat crew members and 3,000 volunteer shore crew. Additionally, tens of thousands of other dedicated volunteers raise funds and awareness, give safety advice, and help in our museums, shops and offices.
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