A STRICKEN power vessel on the River Conwy required assistance from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) yesterday morning (September 28).

At 10.45am yesterday, Conwy RNLI was tasked by HM Coastguard to assist the vessel, with its inshore lifeboat, The May-Bob, subsequently launched.

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Arriving on scene, and taking into account the tide was on the verge of ebbing and the location of the vessel being above sandbanks, it was agreed that the vessel, with its four people on board, be taken under tow to the safety of Conwy Marina.

The skipper on the vessel undertook the correct procedures with deploying the anchor in order to hold their position, given the loss of engine power of the boat, and to radio HM Coastguard to ask for assistance.

With the safe return of the casualty vessel to Conwy Marina, the lifeboat returned to station where it was cleaned, refuelled and made ready for its next use.