The Nicola Faith left her home port of Conwy in late January 2021 to fish for whelks off the north Wales coast, but never returned.

The disappearance of the boat and her three crew – Ross Ballantine, Alan Minard, 20, and skipper Carl McGrath, 34 – led to a sea and air search covering a wide area.

RNLI volunteers from Llandudno, Rhyl, Conwy, Beaumaris and Hoylake collectively spent more than 90 hours searching for the Nicola Faith, but nothing was found.

The bodies of all three men were found washed up on shore several weeks later, with the wreckage of the boat not located until April that year.

Llandudno lifeboat crews said the operation was one of the hardest they had ever undertaken because they were unable to find the missing men.

Ms Taylor said the loss continues to be felt deeply by the family, particularly at Christmas.