Fishermen rescued after boat difficulties
FOUR fishermen had to be rescued after a boat ran aground in the Tyne Harbour.
The Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat was called to rescue the fishing vessel which had become stuck in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The lifeboat was launched at 4am after the Port of Tyne Vessel Traffic Services reported what had happened to the Coastguard.
Fishing boat the ‘Shaulora’ was inside the south Tyne pier where it had run aground after control over the steering was lost.
The lifeboat sped the short distance across the lower Tyne harbour and quickly found the stricken vessel.
The 18m, 87 tonne Shaulora which is based in Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, had four fishermen on board.
Once the lifeboat crew confirmed with the skipper that his vessel was not badly damaged or taking on water, they attached a tow rope to allow the lifeboat to pull her away from the pier.
With no danger of the boat sinking in the harbour, the lifeboat crew created a tow alongside their boat and took the vessel to safety at Western Quay, North Shields .