A fisherman who was being cut off by the incoming tide was rescued by Barrow RNLI.
The volunteer crew were called at 1.50pm today, Sunday June 9.
The inshore lifeboat, Raymond and Dorothy Billingham, was launched with Saul Tomlin at the helm, and crew Michael Armstrong and Fraser Livesey.
The lifeboat went north along Walney Channel and reached the casualty, who had been fishing on the east side of the channel just south of Jubilee Bridge, at 2.15pm.
The casualty was picked up by the crew and taken in the lifeboat the short distance to Ferry Beach where he was met by Furness Coastguard.
With the casualty safe, the lifeboat returned to the boathouse where it arrived at 2.50pm.
A Barrow RNLI spokesman said: “We are grateful to the survey vessel, Aramis, which was working nearby in the channel and was asked by the Coastguard to assist in the rescue. However, Aramis was subsequently stood down with the lifeboat arriving on scene first.”
