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Peel lifeboat comes to aid of local fishing craft

Lifeboat crews from Peel were called to assist a stricken fishing vessel at the weekend.

At the request of Belfast Coastguard, Peel RNLI Lifeboat was dispatched to the scene at 8:58pm on Sunday, July 1, three nautical miles north of Port Erin.

Rescue teams located the fishing craft which was reported to have losts hydraulics and was unable to steer.

The stranded boat and its crew were safely towed back to Peel, no-one was hurt during the incident.

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