RNLI Angle’s all weather and inshore lifeboats were launched on Tuesday evening (Jan 12) after a fishing vessel, with two persons on board, was reported overdue.
The fishing vessel was reported to have left her mooring in the Milford Haven area at 2.20pm and had not been heard from since.
The lifeboats were both launched, at the request of the Coastguard Operations Centre, Milford Haven, by 8.30pm and were tasked with searching separate areas of the Milford Haven Waterway.
The Tamar class all weather lifeboat Mark Mason initially searched from the west side of South Hook LNG terminal to St Ann’s Head.
The D class inshore lifeboat SuperG II searched Castle Pill, Milford Haven, to investigate a possible sighting of the vessel by Broad Haven Coastguard Rescue Team, but it turned out not to be the casualty.
The inshore lifeboat was then alerted to East Angle Bay, following a report by Milford Haven Port Control of a weak radar target in that area, and located the fishing vessel. All was found to be well on board, the crew having decided to stay out to work an extra tide .The all weather lifeboat was also tasked to the scene.
The lifeboats were cleared to return to their station shortly before 9 pm and within 30 minutes both had been rehoused.
Broad Haven Coastguard Rescue Team assisted in the search of the coastline and, due to the length of time the fishing vessel had been missing, Tenby’s all weather lifeboat Haydn Miller was put on stand-by to assist in the search. The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter at St Athan was also being requested when the casualty was located.
It was the second call out of the day for Angle lifeboat station.
In the first service of the new year, the all-weather lifeboat launched at 9.54 am, at the request of the Coastguard Operations Centre, Milford Haven, after a small craft was sighted drifting in the Hazelbeach area of the Milford Haven Waterway. It was not known if there was anyone on board.
When the lifeboat arrived on the scene at 10.08 am the information was updated to report that the boat had drifted across the river to the Llanreath area, west of Pembroke Dock.
The abandoned wreck of a small craft was sighted ashore, but it was decided to use the lifeboat’s Y boat to conduct a search from Pennar Point back to the Gun Tower at Llanreath, including the wreck. No other vessel was found and the Y boat was recovered.
With the Coastguard Operations Centre satisfied that the boat ashore at Llanreath was the casualty, the lifeboat was cleared to return to her station and was rehoused at 10.54 am.
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