Stricken fishing boat

Stornoway lifeboat went to the aid of broken down prawn trawler after a rope caught round her propeller.

The MFV Brighter Morn - with three crew onboard - got into trouble off Tiumpan Head on the east coast of Lewis on Friday night.

The lifeboat towed her to safety.

The Brighter Morn is a Barra-owned vessel working out of Stornoway

Lifeboat aids stricken fishing boat

29 August 2015