Three people were on board when the 23-metre-long boat broke down in local waters this morning. The relief Trent class lifeboat, ‘Henry Heys Duckworth’, was launched at 11:50 and battled strong winds to reach the vessel.

The volunteer crew established a tow line to the vessel at 12:25 and returned to Braye Harbour at 13:45, where the casualty vessel was secured alongside the commercial quay for repairs.

“This was the first lifeboat launch this year so far,” said Declan Gaudion from the Alderney RNLI. “The boat was taken out by Adam Rose on his second shout as Coxswain.

“Numbers of shouts have been particularly low since the start of the pandemic. We anticipate that moving forward it may be a particularly busy season as lockdown restrictions are gradually lifted.”

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Pictured: The Alderney RNLI towing the 23-metre motor vessel to Braye Harbour (Credit: RNLI/David Nash).

Pictured top: The Lifeboat towing the Swedish-registered vessel back to safety (Credit: RNLI/Richard Phelan, Alderney RNLI Crew Member.