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Lerwick lifeboat responding to incident near Bressay

29 June 2026 13:45

The Lerwick lifeboat was seen responding to an incident on Monday afternoon. Photo: Theo Smith

THE LERWICK lifeboat has been called to an incident involving a yacht off of Bressay today (Monday).

Coastguard said the lifeboat was called out at around noon to an incident, but could not provide further details because it said the incident was ongoing.

However the lifeboat is believed to have been called out to a yacht that was dragging anchor off the coast of Bressay.

As of 1.40pm, the lifeboat appeared to be returning to Lerwick.

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