The volunteer crew of Beaumaris RNLI were called out this morning at 01:35 in response to a report that voices were heard on the water around the Islands off Menai Bridge by Cadnant. The Lifeboat was launched and the crew conducted a search of the area but were unable to find the source of the voices until the heard shouting from the Bangor side of the Menai Strait. The crew proceeded to the area, a beach near the Rowing Club, and found an injured man approx age of early to mid 30s. The crew brought the man on board the lifeboat and took him to Menai Bridge Pier where an ambulance along with the Police and Bangor Coastguard were waiting and the man was taken by ambulance to hospital.
Service launches of the Beaumaris lifeboat covering the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the North Wales mainland
June 2nd near Britannia Bridge
The Beaumaris lifeboat was launched for the second time on 2 June to render assistance to a motorboat which had suffered mechanical failure near Britannia Bridge. The vessel was taken under tow to Menai Bridge.
June 2nd 11:49 Menai Strait, near Anglesey Sea Zoo
Beaumaris RNLI was called out at 11.49 this morning to respond to a 5m speedboat which had run aground in the Menai Strait off Anglesey Sea Zoo. Two passengers were on board the speedboat who were taken off the boat by the volunteer lifeboat crew and put ashore at Felinheli. The passengers intend to go back to their speedboat at approx 8.00pm tonight when the tide has turned to bring their boat ashore.
May 12th 21:30pm The Gazelle
Beaumaris RNLI was called out last night at 22.05 in response to a 999 call from a crew member of a yacht moored off the Glyn Garth flats.
The crew member who raised the alarm had been brought ashore at the Gazelle Jetty by tender. The tender then returned to the yacht but the outboard engine failed and the crew member at the Gazelle was concerned that the dinghy was being washed away in the Beaumaris direction.
Beaumaris Lifeboat was launched and found that the tender had returned to the yacht. The RNLI crew checked all the yacht’s crew were accounted for and took the three crew ashore to the Gazelle before proceeding back to the Lifeboat Station.
May 8th 00:15 Mussel Bank
Beaumaris Lifeboat was called out last night at 00.15 by the HM Coastguard in response to a call received by mobile phone from a 28ft fishing boat that had engine failure. The fishing boat with three men on board had left Caernarfon at 19.00 on Monday.
The crew of Beaumaris RNLI conducted a search of the waters off Caernarfon and were joined by a SAR Helicopter and Porth Dinllaen Lifeboat. The fishing boat was located by the SAR Helicopter off a Mussel Bank near Newborough Beach. Porth Dinllaen Lifeboat was stood down and Beaumaris Lifeboat proceeded to the Mussel Bank where one of the Lifeboat crew was put on board the fishing boat to assist the three men on to the lifeboat. As one of the men had onset hypothermia and the other two were suffering with the cold and sea sickness, they were winched from the lifeboat on to the helicopter who then transferred them to hospital.
Antony Robinson, Beaumaris RNLI helm said; “The weather conditions were such that it wasn’t suitable for us to tow the fishing boat so I asked HM Coastguard to retask Porth Dinllaen to assist with the tow. Porth Dinllaen Lifeboat towed the fishing boat to the Menai Strait and we then took over and towed the boat into Slate Quay at Caernarfon.”
Beaumaris Lifeboat then proceeded back to the Beaumaris Lifeboat Station returning at 04.15.
April 29th Menai Strait down to Abermenai
Following a request from North Wales police via Holyhead Coastguard the Beaumaris lifeboat was launched to conduct a shoreline search for an 18 year old male, from Gallows Point to Abermenai on both sides of the Strait. Weather NE F4
April 9th Meni Bridge
The Police received a phone call that a man in his 40's had been seen to jump from the Menai Suspension Bridge. The Beaumaris Lifeboat was launched and joined the police helicopter and Coastguards in the search. After short period we were informed thata man in his 40's had been detained by police for making a hoax call. The Lifeboat returned to station just before midnight. We were later informed that the man had been arrested, and this was the 8th time he has made similar hoax calls.
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