St Bees lifeboat launched to fishing boat.
At 1:36 pm on Wednesday 2 October St Bees RNLI were requested to launch to a small leisure craft.
St Bees RNLI volunteers were requested by Belfast Coastguard to launch immediately to a fishing boat somewhere between Whitehaven Harbour and St Bees. The vessel had contacted the coastguard saying they had a problem near St Bees Head. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched and quickly located the vessel and in calm conditions attached a towline. The fishing boat was then successfully towed to Whitehaven Harbour.
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