Beaumaris Lifeboat volunteers tasked to a boat adrift on the Menai Strait.
At 7.25 pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025, the volunteer crew members of the Beaumaris lifeboat received a request to standby from HM Coastguard relating to a boat that was reported to be adrift but they could not make radio contact with the vessel.
In view of the circumstances and whilst still awaiting further information The Beaumaris Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Annette Mary Liddington with her volunteer crew, launched in the calm weather conditions at 7.35 pm and proceeded to the last known position of the craft.
Once the lifeboat arrived by Menai Bridge it became evident that the boat which had one person aboard had been assisted to the shore by another craft and was in the process of being recovered on to her trailer.
Having checked that all was well, the lifeboat made a check of the area to ensure this was definitely the reported boat and once this was completed the lifeboat was released by the Coastguard to return to her station arriving at 7.56 pm to be refuelled and cleaned. Once this had been completed by 8.30 pm the crew left the station.
A RNLI spokesman said: ‘The first informant did the correct thing in alerting the Coastguard to this drifting vessel. This meant our volunteer lifeboat crew would have been able to reach the vessel and assess the situation and take the best course of action if required so as to prevent the situation worsening.’
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