
Early call for Rhyl RNLI volunteers
The crews of both Rhyl's inshore and all-weather lifeboats were disturbed from their slumbers at 2.50 am on Friday 13 January 2023.
Weather conditions at the time were beyond the limits of the inshore lifeboat at the station, so the all-weather lifeboat launched first to act as 'gatekeeper' at the harbour entrance. The inshore lifeboat was taken by road to the harbour and launched there. Both boats carried out a search of the harbour entrance and upriver to the railway bridge, but nothing was sighted. The search continued until Holyhead Coastguard co-ordinating centre deemed that the area had been thoroughly covered with nothing found, so the boats were stood down and returned to station to be made ready for the next call by 4.00 am.
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