Workington RNLI called to help fishing boat in distress
Workington RNLI's volunteer crew was called out at 1.18pm today, Sunday June 23, after a fishing boat was reported as being in difficulty off the coast at Allonby.
The 24ft fishing boat, with two people on board, had engine failure.
Conditions were deemed unsafe to transfer the people on board on to the lifeboat so the vessel was taken under tow to the nearest available port, Maryport Harbour.
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