Tour boat sinks, 23 people rescued

Thursday, 10 Jul, 2019 0

Coastguards in Wales said they rescued 23 people from a sinking boat off the Welsh coast last night.

They received a mayday message from the small pleasure bat off the coast of Pembrokeshire at about 7pm Tuesday.

The vessel was taking on water rapidly while on a trip off the North Bishops islands, near Ramsay Island, said the BBC. The North Bishops are a series of small island about three miles off St Davids Head.

Two other passenger boats, two lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter from Newquay in Cornwall were involved in the rescue.
The 21 passengers and two crew are reported to be safe.



 

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Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk



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