It is not often that a lifeboat tows a Viking longship, but it does happen! Moelfre's Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet is pictured doing just this on 15 July 1990 after receiving a call from the replica Longship Dyflin, based in Ireland and on passage from Holyhead to Liverpool. She had suffered a mechanical failure, there was not enough wind for her to sail and her 11 crew were reported to be exhausted - perhaps they had been trying to emulate Vikings of old by rowing the 76ft vessel.

The lifeboat was launched at 1221 and quickly found the casualty, towing her some 11 miles to Amlwch on Anglesey. She was back at her station and ready for service again by 1638..