Late afternoon launch to a boat with engine failure for the Beaumaris lifeboat.

The Beaumaris Inshore Atlantic 85 Lifeboat Annette Mary Liddington with her volunteer crew launched at 5.58 pm and proceeded towards the last reported location of the drifting vessel.

Once the volunteer lifeboat crew had located the vessel a lifeboat crew member was placed aboard the craft and they then took her in tow proceeding towards Caernarfon harbour.

Meanwhile the Llandwrog Coastguard Rescue Team had arrived at Caernarfon to arrange for the Aber swing bridge to be opened to allow the lifeboat and the yacht to enter.

Once inside the harbour the vessel was placed alongside another yacht, due to the fact that no other berth was available.

Having confirmed that all was well with the sole crew member on the yacht the lifeboat departed to return to Beaumaris.

At 8.41 pm the lifeboat arrived back at Beaumaris being refuelled and made ready for her next service by 9.15 pm.

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.

Learn more about the RNLI

For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.

Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries

Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or or by email.