Service launches of the Beaumaris lifeboat covering the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the North Wales mainland
March 15th 11:00 Service #7 Caernarfon
The lifeboat was launched after an inflatable was spotted in the water near Caernarfon. There were no persons on baord and the vessel was believed to have drifted on its own accord. The lifeboat towed the craft and made it secure in Victoria Dock.
February 12 Service #6 Menai Bridge
The police saw somebody on the Menai Bridge and then lost sight of them. HMCG called for the lifeboat to attend and search the area below the bridge but there was no sign of a person in the water. The RAF rescue helecopter also attended and searched but found no sign of a casualty.
February 2nd 23:17 Service #5 Menai Bridge
The coastguard and police acting on a report of a woman on the Menai Bridge requested the Beaumaris Lifeboat to launch - on arrival at the scene it was discovered that the woman had left the bridge.
January 22nd 13:00 Service #4 Menai Strait
A member of the public spotted something looking like a body in the water and reported to the Coastguard. HM Coastguard requested the Beaumaris Lifeboat launch to conduct a search between the bridges and down as far as Plas Menai. Nothing was found and the lifeboat returned to station.
January 7th 0830 Service #2 Menai Strait
Police had reported a person on Menai Suspension bridge who had jumped into the water. The lifeboat launched, conducted a search and recovered the body near Menai Bridge pier. Rescue helicopter 122 then arrived on scene and winched the body up. The lifeboat returned to station.
January 3rd 15:00 Service #1 Menai Bridge
Police reported a youth had jumped off Menai Bridge and asked for assistance from the lifeboat. The body was found on the rocks under the Menai Suspension bridgeand the Lifeboat crew went over to recover the body to hand over to the Ambulance and Police service. The lifeboat then returned to station.
December 31st 09:34 Puffin Island
Beaumaris Lifeboat was called out to respond to a 32ft cabin cruiser from Deganwy that ran aground off Puffin Island. As the cabin cruiser will refloat later today at high tide the lifeboat brought the cabin cruiser crew ashore at Beaumaris.
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