The relief Tyne class lifeboat The Good Shepherd pictured when on service from Holyhead on 31 January 1990.

The lifeboat had been launched in severe gale conditions when the Irish Sea ferry St Columba suffered an engine room fire off Anglesey and stood by her until she was towed to safety.

Conditions were so bad that a transfer of the passengers was considered too dangerous.

(Photo G. L. Jones).