Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Altering Passage For 'Promotional Activities' Led to Loss of Tall Ship Astrid – MCIB Report
11th February 2015 MCIB
#astrid – If the initial MAYDAY message from the Sail Training Ship Astrid had been sent out in the correct format the emergency services could have been activated 10 minutes earlier, which could have been critical to the final outcome had conditions been…
Three Fishermen Rescued by Rosslare Harbour RNLI & Local Fishing Vessel After Boat Sinks
11th February 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – Volunteer lifeboat crew with Rosslare Harbour RNLI launched at 12.15pm this afternoon (Wednesday 11 February) to a Mayday from a sinking 10 metre fishing vessel located a mile and a half from Rosslare Harbour. The lifeboat crew pulled…
#Rescue - The Irish Times reports that a Russian fisherman is in hospital after sustaining serious hand injuries on a factory ship off Cork. The man was airlifted from the Starry Arabat some 320km west of Slea Head yesterday morning…
#RNLI - Portrush RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew held their annual SOS Day swim on Saturday 31 January. SOS Day is the annual RNLI crew fundraising day and stations all over the country host innovative and novel ways of fundraising incorporating…
Kilrush RNLI Lifeboat on Standby Following Aircraft 'Pan-Pan' Radio Call
2nd February 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – Kilrush RNLI on the Shannon Estuary was put on standby yesterday following a Pan-Pan urgency on board a small aircraft while on approach to Shannon airport. An alert was received from Valentia Coast Guard yesterday afternoon at 3.06pm…
#RNLI - Ireland's RNLI lifeboat crews launched 1,089 times in 2014, bringing 1,414 people to safety. And the lifesaving charity is calling for the public to think ahead and never underestimate the strength and power of the sea and inland…
#RNLI - The volunteer crew of Bundoran RNLI's lifeboat received the Emergency Response Team of the Year award at a ceremony on Saturday night (24 January). The 2015 Community and Council Awards celebrated by LAMA (Local Authority Members Association) took…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI's inshore lifeboat launched shortly after 5.30pm yesterday evening (Sunday 25 January) to investigate a reported floating object drifting near the shore opposite the Murrough Carpark. The lifeboat was on scene three minutes after launching and began…
#RNLI - Howth RNLI's inshore lifeboat launched at 5.30am yesterday morning (Sunday 25 January) to reports of man in the water in Howth Harbour. The lifeboat crew launched in minutes after a passer-by raised the alarm, locating the casualty just…
#coastguard – HM Coastguard is coordinating a search for a missing windsurfer this evening near the mouth of the River Lune, Lancashire, after receiving a report at 4.30pm that four windsurfers had been out and three had made it back…
Video Shows Shocking Moment As Aran Islands Trawler Disappears Under Scottish Waves
25th January 2015 Rescue
#Rescue - Mail Online has more on the dramatic rescue of Aran Islands fishermen from an Irish trawler that sank off Scotland's Outer Hebrides last week. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, three of the five crew were airlifted to hospital…
Newcastle RNLI Lifeboat Gets First Call Out to Irish Sea Fishing Vessel
25th January 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – Volunteer lifeboat crew at Newcastle RNLI were called out last Wednesday after a distress call from a fishing vessel in the Irish Sea. The All Weather Lifeboat crew were tasked by Belfast Coastguard to assist Donaghadee RNLI lifeboat…
#Rescue - Salvage teams have at last started to tow the stranded vehicle-carrier Hoegh Osaka, which is heading back to Southampton, reports BBC News. The degree of list on the 51,770-tonne ship has been reduced substantially, allowing the vessel to be…
#SolentSalvage – Hoegh Osaka, the vehicle transporter ship that stranded in the Solent, has according to salvage teams earlier today, a window of up to 48 hours to ready the vessel and be moved. The 51,000 tonnes vessel which underwent…
#Rescue - Five crew on an Aran Islands fishing trawler were rescued yesterday (Tuesday 20 January) after the vessel sank off Scotland's Outer Hebrides. As BreakingNews.ie reports, the trawler Iúda Naofa began tanking on water some 48 miles off Lewis…
#SolentSalvage – So far about 800 tons of water has been pumped from the stricken vehicle-transporter Hoegh Osaka. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the operation was "going well" but said progress was slower than Saturday's start because they have…
