Llandudno inshore lifeboat launches at Rhos-on-Sea
Holyhead Coastguard tasked the Llandudno RNLI inshore lifeboat to launch at 1.31 pm today, this was following reports that an object had been seen floating in the water near to Rhos Point.
The inshore lifeboat Dr. Barbara Saunderson with her volunteer crew launched from the slipway at Rhos on Sea and a search began. However, once on the scene, it was soon established that the object was in fact an empty aluminium tender, it was quickly towed back to shore to be secured safely.
On return to the boathouse, a RNLI spokesperson reported that the tender had been accidently released by children playing in the harbour and had drifted out into the open water hence the call from the public.
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