Service 2: 13:45 19th January Menai Bridge - Swellies Area

Holyhead Coastguard received a report of a capsized inflatable near Menai Bridge with 3 persons in the water being washed towards Caernarfon.

When the lifeboat arrived the 3 persons had been recovered by a sister craft but the inflatable was pinned on to Swelly rock beacon.

The lifeboat escorted the boat with the casualties on board back to Indefatigable and then returned to recover the Inflatable, which was then towed in.

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1st Service of new Atlantic 85 16th January 14:20 Brittannia Bridge

North Wales Police requested the Lifeboat to attend following a report of a person jumping from Britannia Bridge. The lifeboat was launched but the casualty was recovered by an instructor working in the area on a Swift Water training course (out of Plas Menai).

The lifeboat put two crew members ashore to be available to assist the helicopter winchman.

The rescued person was then taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital by the RAF rescue helicopter.


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