Dover and Dungeness RNLI lifeboats work together to tow stricken beam trawler

Dover and Dungeness RNLI lifeboats work together to tow stricken beam trawler. Credit: RNLI/M. Collins

A 22m 130-tonne beam trawler with gearbox failure required the assistance of two volunteer RNLI lifeboat crews when it broke down in the busy south west shipping lane of the English Channel on 10 February.

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