Tenby’s all-weather lifeboat was launched at 1.30am last night (Monday, June 16), after a crew member aboard a buoy laying vessel in Carmarthen Bay became unwell and needed to be evacuated for treatment.

The volunteer crew were soon alongside the vessel, one mile east of Monkstone Point and several casualty care trained crew members went aboard to assess the casualty and begin treating him.

Once ready, the unwell crew member was placed on a stretcher and taken aboard the lifeboat for the trip back to the station, where he was met by Welsh Ambulance Service Paramedics, before being taken to hospital for treatment.