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Beaumaris Lifeboat tasked to a report of a person in the water by a boat.

Lifeboats News Release

At 12.55 pm on Saturday 12 July 2025 the volunteer crew members of the Beaumaris lifeboat received a launch page from H.M. Coastguard relating to a person reported in the water near a boat off Penmaenmawr.

Beaumaris Atlantic 85 Inshore Lifeboat 'Annette Mary Liddington'.

RNLI/P. Blackwell

Beaumaris Atlantic 85 Inshore Lifeboat 'Annette Mary Liddington'.

The Beaumaris Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Annette Mary Liddington with her volunteer crew launched and in calm weather conditions proceeded to the given location.

Once on scene it was established that the vessel had hit and become stuck on some rocks near the navigable channel. Having established that all was well with the person aboard the craft, an assessment was made by the helm in consultation the Coastguard as to the best course of action to be taken.

It was decided that with a moderate breeze blowing and a strong tide, the vessel was a danger to navigation for other craft. Therefore, for safety reasons, the boat would be towed off the rocks to the nearest place of safety which was the slip way at Penmaenmawr.

A Mobile Coastguard teams had also been tasked and assisted with the recovery of the vessel on to the slipway.

Once the craft was safely recovered the lifeboat was a released by the Coastguard to return to her station arriving at 2.20 pm to be refuelled and cleaned. Once this had been completed by 3.00 pm the crew left the station.

A RNLI spokesman said: ‘The first informant did the correct thing in alerting the Coastguard to the situation. This meant our volunteer lifeboat crew were able to reach the vessel quickly, assess the situation and take the best course of action to prevent the situation worsening.’

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