#RNLI - Dunmore East RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat sustained damage overnight while moored alongside its pontoon in the Co Waterford harbour.
Impact by another vessel in the early hours of this morning (Friday 1 December) resulted in damage to both the pontoon and the Trent class lifeboat.
Details are unclear but a report on RTÉ News suggests that the lifeboat was damaged after a fishing boat manoeuvring in the harbour collided with the pontoon.
No lifeboat personnel were involved by the incident, which was not related to any RNLI activity and has been reported as a matter of course to the Marine Casualty Investigation Board.
While the lifeboat is off service for repairs, search and rescue cover will be provided by the closest RNLI stations, as well as the Irish Coast Guard crews based in Waterford. A relief lifeboat was scheduled to arrive this evening.
WLR FM's Twitter account has a short video clip of the damage sustained to the lifeboat in the harbour this morning:
WATCH: Dunmore East RNLI lifeboat damaged in harbour crash. #DunmoreEast #RNLI Read the full story here https://t.co/YbVY3sVZsv and listen to #WLRnews for more. pic.twitter.com/lKTMjrDxDo
— WLR (@wlrfm) December 1, 2017