Lifeboat launched to help stricken fishing boat broken down off Blyth
Lifeboat volunteers were paged to help a stricken fishing boat after it broke down off Blyth.
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Rescue teams from the the town and Newbigggin were sent to the scene as well as the town lifeboat.
A Coastguard spokesman said: “HM Coastguard sent rescue teams from Blyth and Newbiggin, alongside a RNLI lifeboat from Blyth, to help a fishing vessel with rudder failure just outside Blyth.
"The first call came in just before 6.30pm on Tuesday, August 30.
“The vessel was assisted back into the harbour.”