Firstly on Tuesday 14 July, Angle’s all-weather lifeboat ‘Mark Mason’ was requested by Milford Haven Coastguard shortly before 3am to a Pan Pan from a yacht that was becalmed with engine failure in a position between St Govan and Linney head with 3 persons aboard.
The volunteer crews launched and arrived with the casualty vessel around 20 minutes later. A tow was rigged and the vessel was taken in tow and put alongside the mackerel stage pontoon at Milford Marina arriving around 5:30am and the lifeboat returned to station.
Shortly before 1:30am on Thursday 18 July the crew were requested to launch to a Pan Pan from a 31ft Sailing Catamaran with 1 person aboard that had engine issues in a position to the east side of Freshwater West beach.
The vessel had his anchor deployed but he wasn’t unable to hold his position due to the anchor dragging and the vessel was heading towards the beach.
The all-weather lifeboat arrived on scene but was unable to get close enough to get a tow to vessel due to the depth of water. With Catamaran now in danger of being washed on to the shore the owner managed to recover the anchor and get the engine going enough to be able to get close enough to the lifeboat and receive a tow.
The Catamaran was towed out of danger and tow to Milford Marina where it was put alongside the mackerel stage pontoon.
Shortly after 6pm later that day the all-weather lifeboat Mark Mason was requested by Milford Haven Coastguard to an 11 metre yacht with two persons aboard that had experienced engine failure east of St Govens head.
After arriving, it was confirmed that all was well aboard the yacht and a tow was rigged and both headed back to Milford arriving at Milford docks entrance 2 hours later. The yacht was taken alongside the lifeboat and then towed and put alongside the mackerel stage pontoon.
On Friday 19 July the pagers sounded shortly before 9pm to a report of a yacht that was adrift in Dale bay. As the lifeboat proceeded it was confirmed that a local fishing boat had managed to get the yacht in tow and put it on a nearby vacant mooring. After confirmed all was ok the lifeboat was released and returned to station.
Later that week on Saturday 20 July at 2:42pm the lifeboat crews were paged to launch by Milford Haven Coastguard for the 5th time this week. The Coastguard had received report from a member of the public that a person was in difficulty in the water at Marloes sand beach. On route, reports came through that the person had been helped ashore by other beach goers so lifeboat was stood down to return to station.
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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 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 146,000 lives.
