Rhyl RNLI lifeboats assist fishing vessel.

The vessel with one person on board, was fishing just to the west of Talacre lighthouse, and reported that the engine had failed. The crew were paged at 12.13 pm and the lifeboat was on scene some 30 minutes later. The vessel was taken in tow back to Rhyl harbour.
Due to Rhyl harbour being on lock-down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was not possible to take the casualty to the launch slipway with the lifeboat, because the bridge could not be lifted. The inshore lifeboat was therefore launched and took over the tow in the harbour, successfully recovering the vessel to the slipway. The inshore lifeboat then returned to station by 2.20 pm. The all-weather lifeboat took the opportunity to carry out mooring and berthing drills in the harbour, to wait until there was sufficient beach at the boathouse to safely recover. This was an opportunity, as the crew have not been able to maintain their skills due to the pandemic lock-down. The lifeboat eventually returned to the station at 3.50 pm.
The new Shannon-class lifeboat proved it's capabilities in this service, in that the crew were alongside the casualty in 14 minutes, some 5 miles away.
Pictures attached show the track of the all-weather and inshore lifeboats from marine traffic app, and also pictures taken from the Rhyl Journal newspaper website, credit unknown.

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