Crabber Adrift off Lyme Regis
The 25 foot long, 26 ton fishing boat became disabled off Lyme Regis, Dorset. The crab boat had suffered engine failure during the night and had gone adrift in force 3 southwest winds. The Exmouth RNLI crew was alerted and dispatched the lifeboat R and J Welburn to the scene. The RNLI crew arrived an hour later and found the fishing boat in the dark with its two crew. The lifeboat passed a towline over to the and proceeded toward to…