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.

Weather SE Force 1
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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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11th November at 15:20 - Puffin Island Area

A yacht on passage from Holyhead to Dickies (Bangor) hit an underwater object. Moelfre All Weather Lifeboat launched - the vessel was located and found to be taking on a small amount of water from the keel joint. Moelfre Lifeboat escorted the vessel to Puffin sound as a precautionary measure. Beaumaris Lifeboat took over escort from Moelfre Lifeboat at 15:35 and escorted the yacht to a mooring between Gallows Point and the Gazelle. The owner remained on board and the lifeboat returned to base.
Weather: SE F4

11th November at 14:02 - Under Menai Suspension Bridge

A member of the public reported seeing a person walk out to one of the bases of the Menai Suspension Bridge and then get cut off by the incoming tide. The Lifeboat went out to the bridge, found two fishermen, picked up them up and took them ashore nearby.
Weather: SW2

6th November at 11:40 - Bangor Pier

The Lifeboat was called out to stand by Bangor Pier as a woman was in contact by mobile phone and threatening suicide - her position reported as Bangor Pier car park.
After assistance was provided to the woman by professional care workers, she was persuaded to leave the scene. The Lifeboat was then released to return to the boat house.
Weather : SW force 5 - rain

31st October 14.54 pm off Puffin Island

The Beaumaris Lifeboat crew were called out by the Coastguard to assist a broken down 24’ motorboat off the west of Puffin Island. The boat had fouled its propeller on a lobster pot and as a consequence suffered engine failure and was drifting towards the rocks. The Beaumaris Lifeboat towed the boat with the three male crew on board to Porth Daniel at Menai Bridge.
Weather: SSW F4

31st October 06:29 Victoria Dock, Caernarfon‏

Holyhead Coastguard requested the Beaumaris Lifeboat stand by off Victoria Dock Caernarfon as a despondent male was on the dock wall. When the Lifeboat arrived the dock gates were still closed so a crew member was put ashore at the dock so as to be in a position to help should the casualty jump into the dock. Eventually a police negotiator persuaded the casualty, who it appeared had taken pills and alcohol, to get into an ambulance to be taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd.