Two call outs for Angle RNLI
Angle all-weather lifeboat was requested to launch 5.02pm on Saturday 2 August, to a 11.6m motorboat with four people aboard with mechanical issues near Sheep island at the entrance to the Milford Haven waterway.
A tow was rigged and the vessel was towed upriver towards Hobbs Point. Arriving off Hobbs Point at 6.39pm, the casualty vessel was transferred into an alongside tow and placed safely alongside the pontoon. With no further assistance required the lifeboat was released and arrived back at station at 7.15pm.
Earlier in the week on Tuesday (29 July), Angle all-weather lifeboat was requested to launch to a Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) with one person abord and taking on water just off Gelliswick Beach. As the crew were preparing to launch, a local safety boat responded and escorted the RHIB back to the beach. With the RHIB back safely ashore the lifeboat launch was cancelled.
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