Barrow Lifeboat Called to Assist Fishing Boat
Volunteer crew from Barrow’s Lifeboat Station launched their inshore lifeboat this afternoon to go to the aid of a broken-down fishing boat with three people on board.
The call for assistance came from the regional HM Coastguard base in Holyhead at 4-46pm with a request to launch to a 14-foot (4.3 metres) day fishing boat, off the south end of Walney Island.
The crew was paged and the inshore lifeboat, ‘Vision of Tamworth’, was launched at 5-02pm with Jonny Long at the helm, assisted by Mike Harris and Saul Tomlin. The lifeboat was alongside the casualty within ten minutes of launching and after assessing the problem it was decided to take the vessel under tow back to the Ferry Pitching, north of Jubilee Bridge.
The casualty vessel reached the Ferry Pitching at 6-20pm and with the crew now safe, the lifeboat was able to return to the boathouse where it was washed down and prepared for the next launch.
The weather at the time of the incident was fine and clear. The wind was south, south-easterly, Force 2, and the high tide was at 2-14pm with a predicted height of 9.8 metres.
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