A 102-year-old traditional wooden fishing boat was brought to safety by Llandudno lifeboat on Saturday (17 July) after getting into difficulties a mile north of Great Orme’s Head.
The gaff-rigged 28-foot Morecambe Bay prawner Comrades, built at Arnside, Cumbria in 1908, was on passage from Liverpool to Conwy in blustery conditions when her engine failed.
Her skipper, who was alone on board, radioed Holyhead Coastguard to request assistance, and as a result Llandudno’s all-weather lifeboat Andy Pearce launched at 1pm.
Coming up to Comrades at 1.20pm, the RNLI crew rigged a towline and took the veteran boat through the North Deep channel to safety in the River Conwy, where the Harbour Authority launch took over and assisted it to a berth.
The lifeboat returned to Llandudno for recovery and refuelling at 4pm.
