A person who was found 'clinging to the boarding ladder of a boat' was rescued from Walney Channel.

Barrow RNLI’s volunteer crew launched their lifeboat after reports of a person in the water came in from HM Coastguard in Holyhead at 11.40am on Monday.

A person had been spotted in Walney Channel north of the Deep Water Berth shouting for help.

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All-weather lifeboat Grace Dixon was launched at 12.05pm and was at the scene within ten minutes.

Coxswain Shaun Charnley, assisted by a crew of five, located the person clinging to the boarding ladder of a boat moored in the channel.

They were unresponsive and suffering the effects of having been in the water for some time.

Lifeboat crew member Saul Tomlin entered the water to free them from the ladder and was then able to manoeuvre the Jason's cradle, a maritime rescue device, into position so that the person could be lifted on to the lifeboat.

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The casualty and lifeboat crew member were safely back on board the lifeboat at 12.25pm.

A RNLI spokesperson said: "The casualty was given oxygen as the lifeboat made its way to one of the Orsted pontoons at the Belfast Berth.

"Once alongside, the lifeboat crew, assisted by Furness Coastguard and some windfarm maintenance technicians, carried the casualty off the pontoon where the North West Ambulance Service then provided appropriate medical assistance.

"Cumbria Police were also in attendance and HM Coastguard Rescue helicopter 936 which had also been tasked to attend, conducted a sweep along a section of Walney Channel to check that there was nobody else in the water.

"The lifeboat returned to the Boathouse at 1.30pm where it was recovered by the waiting shore crew and made ready for the next launch."

The weather at the time of the incident was overcast with poor visibility. The wind was south-westerly, Force 3. The high tide had passed at 8.52am with a predicted height of 7.7 metres.