Beaumaris Lifeboat Services

The Coastguard and Police asked the lifeboat to attend the area of the Britannia Bridge as a vehicle had been left there with no occupant. A search was carried out and the body of a woman was found in the water and taken to Menai Bridge Pier where the Police and Ambulance Service took charge of the incident.

The lifeboat launched following a report of an upturned boat near Llanfairfechen by a member of the public. Turned out to be a rubber dinghy that had floated away from its mooring. No person found in the water.

The Lifeboat was called by the Coastguard to help search the Caernarfon area for a missing woman canoeist who had gone missing12 hours earlier. Search was carried out for 2 hours but nothing was found.

Rib out on a leisure trip with 3 men and 1 small boy aboard got into difficulties by Penmon Lighthouse . The lifeboat took the boy off as he was suffering from cold and brought him ashore where he was wrapped in blankets and warmed up by the lifeboat crew. The boat came in to Beaumaris under its own power accompanied by the lifeboat.

Whilst on exercise the lifeboat was contacted by the coast guard to give assistance to a local lobster fisherman off Penmon who was having engine problems. The lifeboat attended the scene and towed the vessel back to its mooring in Beaumaris. Assistance was given by Penmon Coast Guard.

A 12 year old boy was adrift at Abermenai in a 13 ft. dory with engine failure. Beaumaris Lifeboat attended and 2 crew members entered the water to get to the casualty. The boy was transferred to the lifeboat and the dory towed to the nearest slipway where it was handed over to the owner. The Llandwrog Coastguard gave assistance.
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Police notified the coastguard of a possible jumper from Britannia Bridge Beaumaris Lifeboat was launched @ 12.17 to attend the scene. No casualty was found and lifeboat then carried out a search through the strong ebbing tide from Port Dinorwic back to the Britannia Bridge but nobody was found.

HM Coastguard had been contacted by the Police to say that a man was threatening to jump into the Menai Straits from the Britannia Bridge. The lifeboat was launched but by the time they arrived on scene the police had got control of the situation so the boat returned to station.

Call from the coastguard to assist a person in the water at Menai Bridge. Boat was launched and on arrival at the scene the casualty had been recovered into a boat from the local boatyard. The lifeboat accompanied the recovering boat to the shore and then returned to station.

Boat was launched at 18.50 to assist a 27ft yacht taking part in the round Anglesey race on the 24 July that was demasted and with a snapped shroud. RNLI crew assisted the boat crew to clear the rigging and then escorted it back to its home port of Conwy. Conwy RNLI were called out though to take over the escort.

An 83 year old male fell in the water while trying to board his yacht on its mooring off The Gazelle. He was in the water approximately 15 minutes before managing to get aboard helped by his wife. The lifeboat attended and a first aid qualified crew member checked out the casualty and found him to be uninjured but in view of his age, a paramedic was ferried out to the yacht for the man to be checked over more thoroughly. He was found to be well and so left aboard the vessel.

The lifeboat was called out to assist a windsurfer off Llanfairfechan, but as the crew arrived on scene the windsurfer had already reached the shore

The lifeboat was called out to assist a windsurfer at Friars Bay. Arrived on scene to find there was no windsurfer but a dive boat with divers adrift. The lifeboat waited on scene until all divers were either ashore or back on the boat

The LIfeboat towed a 21 foot broken down boat at Friars Bay to Beaumaris

The Beauamris lifeboat took over a tow from Porth Dinllaen RNLI.

The lifeboat was called out 19.25 when the crew were tasked with searching the water between Menai Bridge and Caernarfon for a 27 year old missing man. The missing man was eventually located and the crew were stood down. They were back at the station, refuelled and ready for active service at 22.25.

A second call out was at 15.30. A boat had come off its mooring at Beaumaris and was on the sandbanks opposite Friars Bay. The crew attempted to reach the boat but with a rapidly falling tide were unable to so returned to the station at 16.05.

The volunteer crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat were called out today, Saturday 26 June, at 17.20 to assist a passenger boat off Puffin Island with a rope caught round its propeller. Simon Bunting, Senior Helm at Beaumaris Lifeboat Station went into the water and managed to free the rope which was attached to a lobster pot. The Passenger Boat was able to continue its journey while the lifeboat returned to the Station and was washed down, refuelled and ready for active service again at 18.15.

The volunteer crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat were called on Friday 25 June, at 19.25 to a 21ft cruiser with fuel problems on the Menai Strait before Puffin Island. The boat was towed back to Beaumaris were it was left on a mooring off the Pier and the two male crew on board were taken ashore.

At 20.14, the crew then responded to an incident involving a person reporting to be a potential jumper off one of the Bridges. En route to the scene, the Lifeboat was stood down.

05.49

Volunteer crew paged to respond to an incident involving two swimmers at Menai Bridge. Lifeboat got as far as Gallows Point when they were stood down.

14.17

Volunteer crew called out to two yachts taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge that had run aground in the Menai Strait. The White Cloud hit the Gribyn Rock as it approached Caernarfon and was then struck by the Team Krishna and both ran aground. Both boats were towed into open water by the lifeboat and White Cloud was escorted to Felinheli while Team Krishna was able to make its own way through the Strait.

19.15

Crew called out to a 5m boat in trouble off the Gazelle which they towed to a mooring.

The volunteer crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat station were called out this morning at 1.05am in response to a request from Porth Dinllaen Lifeboat for assistance with a 50 year old male in the water at Dinas Dinlle. Rescue 122 helicopter was also called out and recovered the man. Beaumaris Lifeboat then returned back to station arriving at 3.40am.

05.49

Volunteer crew paged to respond to an incident involving two swimmers at Menai Bridge. Lifeboat got as far as Gallows Point when they were stood down.

14.17

Volunteer crew called out to two yachts taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge that had run aground in the Menai Strait. The White Cloud hit the Gribyn Rock as it approached Caernarfon and was then struck by the Team Krishna and both ran aground. Both boats were towed into open water by the lifeboat and White Cloud was escorted to Felinheli while Team Krishna was able to make its own way through the Strait.

19.15

Crew called out to a 5m boat in trouble off the Gazelle which they towed to a mooring.

An anchored yacht gave out a Pan Pan call as it drifted onto rocks. Cerismar II stood by until Beaumaris Lifeboat reached the scene to provide a tow. It immediately became clear the yacht was sinking after being pulled off the rocks. Two lifeboat crew went aboard with a pump but nothing could be done to save the yacht which went down within minutes. The two yachtsmen were taken to Penmon beach by the lifeboat.

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The volunteer crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat were called out to an incident on Monday 31 May, at 13.45pm and then responded to four successive incidents thereafter finally arriving back at the boathouse refuelled and ready for active service again at 18.05pm.

The first incident was an 8 metre broken down boat off Red Wharf Bay. Beaumaris Lifeboat took over the tow from Moelfre lifeboat taking the broken down boat to Menai Bridge.

While towing the boat to Menai Bridge, Beaumaris Lifeboat picked up a kayaker who was cold and wet at Puffin Sound and took him to Beaumaris before proceeding to Menai Bridge.

On the way through from Beaumaris to Menai Bridge, the volunteer crew passed a broken down boat between Gallows Point and Bangor Pier. Beaumaris Lifeboat dropped the first broken down boat off at Menai Bridge and then returned to pick up the second broken down boat and took it to Menai Bridge.

Beaumaris Lifeboat then received a request from Holyhead Coastguard to attend to another broken down boat in the Swellies. Beaumaris Lifeboat towed this boat to Port Dinorwic.

Beaumaris Lifeboat then returned to the lifeboat station and was being refuelled when it received a request from Holyhead Coastguard to attend an incident off Bangor Pier involving two teenagers in a dinghy. The crew picked up the teenagers and took them to Bangor Slipway.

The Beaumaris Lifeboat then returned to the lifeboat station. The boat was refuelled and ready for service at 18.05pm.

Holyhead Coastguard received a telephone call from a small vessel with engine failure off White Beach between Llanddona and Puffin Island. The Coastguard requested that the Beaumaris Lifeboat launch to rescue the boat with 2 persons on board. The crew, on their 7th call out in 5 days, towed the boat to Penmaenmawr before returning to the Beaumaris Lifeboat station.

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