Leverburgh's New Shannon attends first shout
Leverburgh RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged at 0724 hours yesterday morning to assist a female with a back injury on board a yacht, north of Lochmaddy, North Uist.
The 12m vessel had 2 passengers on board. On arrival at the scene, and following a full assessment of the casualty’s injuries, the yacht was taken under tow to the safety of Lochmaddy Harbour.
The casualty was then transferred ashore via stretcher, with the assistance of the Griminish Coastguard Land Unit. Once ashore, the woman was transferred to the local GP practice by the Coastguard.
The Lifeboat was back on station, re-fuelled and ready for service again by 1015 hours.
Leverburgh RNLI would like to wish the casualty well in her recovery. Thanks also goes to the Lochmaddy Hotel for the kind hospitality shown to our crew whilst in the area.
This is the first shout for Leverburgh’s new £2.2m Shannon Class Lifeboat, RNLB Stella and Humfrey Berkeley which went on service on 2nd May.
More info on the Shannon class can be found here: https://rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet/shannon-class-lifeboat
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