Two Lifeboats Launched To Assist Broken Down Vessel

The 25 foot vessel with three men on board had been out on a fishing trip when they had engine failure,and had dropped anchor in the main shipping channel into Swansea.

Mumbles RNLI all-weather lifeboat took the vessel in tow and proceeded to head for Port Talbot. They were met just off the River Afan by the Port Talbot inshore lifeboat and the tow was transferred so that the inshore lifeboat could tow the vessel up the river to the local boat club slipway for recovery. Once this was done both lifeboats returned to station.

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