A motorboat that was stuck out at sea as darkness fell and the flooding tide pushed it towards the shore has been towed to safety by a local lifeboat.

Angle RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was launched at 7.18pm on Thursday, September 19 following a call for help from a 27ft motor boat with three people onboard that was in trouble with engine failure off Lawrenny.

The lifeboat launched on service shortly after and around 25 minutes later located the vessel at anchor opposite Benton Castle.

With a flooding tide pushing the vessel towards the shore, the crew swiftly set about passing a tow.

With the tow set, the crew began the journey to Milford Marina. Arriving off the entrance to the docks channel just after 9pm, the casualty vessel was placed into an alongside tow and left safely alongside in the lock pits to await assistance back to their berth from the marina workboat.

With no further assistance required, the crew were stood down and returned station where the lifeboat was back alongside her berth and readied for further service by 10pm.