Sunday afternoon at 12.39pm on 8 June, the crew were paged following a call for assistance from a 33ft steel hulled yacht with engine failure off Newton Noyes Jetty
The skipper stated that he had anchored, however the anchor was dragging and the strong westerly wind was pushing him ashore.
The lifeboat launched shortly after and was on scene a few minutes later. The Milford Haven Harbour Patrol vessel was already on scene and had transferred a crew member onboard to assist.
After an assessment of the situation and with the vessel posing a hazard to navigation, the crew set about rigging a tow. The yacht’s skipper recovered his anchor and the crew soon had the casualty vessel under tow, bound for Neyland Marina.
Arriving off the entrance to the marina around 30 minutes later, the vessel was transferred into an alongside tow and left safely alongside the visitors pontoon. The lifeboat was stood down and returned to station, where she was readied for further service by 2.15pm.
Two days prior, at 2.40am the crew were paged to assist the police with a missing person in the Milford Haven area.
As the crew were mustering, the launch was subsequently cancelled when the casualty was located safe and well by police. Dale Coastguard Rescue Team were also tasked.
Just 90 minutes later at 4.22am the crew ere paged again, this time for an immediate launch to assist a person in difficulty in the water 100 metres off Milford Beach.
Within eight minutes of the page the lifeboat was underway and making best speed to the area. Once on scene, the casualty was found to have been recovered from the water by marina staff, and a local fishing boat was also standing by.
Two crew members were transferred ashore with the help of the fishing boat, and these were soon joined by local police officers and members of Dale Coastguard Rescue Team.
With no further assistance required, the crew were stood down and the lifeboat was back alongside and readied for further service by 5am.
On Saturday 31 May at 8.04pm the crew received an immediate launch following reports of a person in difficulty in the water at Hobbs Point.
The lifeboat was soon underway and making best speed to the area, alongside the police marine unit vessel M66 and St Govan’s Coastguard Rescue Team.
As the lifeboat arrived on scene the police confirmed that the casualty was secure in their care and no further assistance was required. The lifeboat returned to the jetty and was readied for further service by 9pm.
Earlier in the day at 2.07pm the lifeboat was tasked to assist a 37ft yacht with one person onboard, five miles west of St Ann’s Head.
The lifeboat located the vessel around 25 minutes later and after an assessment of the situation, and deeming the vessel to be a hazard to navigation, the crew set about passing the casualty vessel a tow.
With the tow secure, a course was set for Milford Marina. Following a tow of around two hours, both boats arrived off the entrance to Milford Marina just before 5pm.
The casualty vessel was placed into an alongside tow and taken safely into the marina. With no further assistance required, the crew were stood down and the lifeboat was refuelled and ready for further service by 6pm.
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