Cardigan RNLI lifeboat called out to help fishing boat in trouble
Cardigan RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew were called out today, 26 October, following a call from UK Coastguard reporting a fishing vessel with a rope caught around its propeller.
The Atlantic 85 class lifeboat, Albatross, was launched at 9:30am to assist the vessel just off Cardigan Island. The volunteer crew towed the boat to safety and secured it on the pontoon at Patch
The lifeboat returned to the station at 10:50am.
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