RNLI New Brighton lifeboat called out to stricken vessel in Crosby
RNLI volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard at 4.51pm on 12 May 2019, to a power boat with engine failure in the Crosby channel. First assisted to a buoy by an offshore vessel, the charity's lifeboat then towed the craft and its passengers to Liverpool Marina.
Njord Offshore’s Njord Lapwing assisted the craft to a buoy line before the RNLI New Brighton volunteers towed the stranded vessel and its four passengers to Liverpool Marina.
Wind was two-three knots with a slight swell on the sea.
The lifesaving charity's crew returned to the station at 6.52pm, where inshore lifeboat Norma Ethel Vinall was prepared for service.
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