Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat launched after mayday call from trawler
At 2pm this afternoon (Jan 28) The skipper of fishing boat ‘Shaligar’ made a Mayday call requesting urgent help after a leak sprang in his vessel’s engine room. Tynemouth RNLI’s all weather lifeboat ‘Spirit of Northumberland” was launched immediately, proceeding at speed to the stricken boat and her two crew, ten miles offshore from Souter Point, South Tyneside.