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CRUISER CREW RESCUED AFTER FAINT URGENCY BROADCAST
At 3.10 pm this afternoon Yarmouth Coastguard received a pan-pan urgency broadcast from a vessel reporting that they had run out of fuel. The broadcast was very faint and broken, but after investigation Yarmouth Coastguard established that it had come from the 27ft Motor Cruiser the ‘Eponene’. The ‘Eponene’ was [...]
RESCUE OF TWO AFTER YACHT GROUNDS NEAR SWANAGE
Portland Coastguard coordinated the rescue of two people (one male and one female) from a 36ft yacht that had run aground on Peveril Ledge earlier this morning.
At 05.20 am Portland Coastguard received a mayday from the yacht ‘Summer Song’ reporting that they had run aground on Peveril Ledge near Swanage. They [...]
EPIRB SAVES THE LIVES OF THREE YACHTSMEN AT SEA
Three French yachtsmen owe their lives today to their EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) when rescued over 500 miles off course, in the Atlantic.
At 7:25am Falmouth Coastguard received 406 beacon alert from the French Maritime Authority stating that the vessel concerned was in the UKs search and rescue region. [...]
MARLINK TO PROVIDE SEALINK SERVICES TO FASTNET LINE
Marlink and Fastnet Line enter new 3-year agreement
Marlink, the global provider of maritime satellite communications, has recently secured a new 3-year contract with Irish Ferry Operator, Fastnet Line. As part of the new agreement, Marlink will deliver, install and operate its innovative Sealink(TM) VSAT solution onboard Fastnet Line’s flagship vessel ‘Julia’, [...]
US Coast Guard marks 220 years of service
The U.S. Coast Guard celebrates 220 years of service to America Wednesday.
From its genesis as the Revenue Marine, the Coast Guard has evolved to become the world’s premier multi-mission, maritime service, conducting operations around the globe to execute its 11 missions.
“Coast Guardsmen are agile, adaptable and multi-missioned,” said Coast Guard Commandant Adm. [...]
Oban RNLI lifeboat launched for emergency beacon alarm
Oban RNLI lifeboat, the Mora Edith Macdonald, was called out at twenty past midnight last night in response to an EPIRB alarm.
The EPIRB, Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, was swiftly traced by the lifeboat direction finding equipment to an un-attended 45ft ketch on a mooring at Oban Marina.
The lifeboat crew, accompanied by [...]
Yacht’s mayday message sends Falmouth all-weather lifeboat on seven-hour rescue mission
A 38-foot yacht, en route from Portugal to Scotland via Falmouth, got herself into difficulties some 40 miles out to sea yesterday (Wednesday 14 July), when she lost all power, had no electrics, ripped sails, and with bad weather forecast for later in the evening.
The yacht, Stravaiger of Tarbet, had [...]
FALMOUTH COASTGUARD COORDINATE RESCUE OF TWO FRENCH SAILORS IN MID ATLANTIC
At quarter past seven this morning Falmouth Coastguard were notified of an emergency beacon alert activated by two French sailors who were in distress in the North Atlantic.
The men’s yacht had sustained equipment failure and the sailors were suffering from exhaustion. They activated their emergency beacon, which is registered [...]
FIRE ON VESSEL IN WAREHAM CHANNEL
At just after 2.00 pm today Portland Coastguard were alerted to a fire on a small vessel in the Wareham Channel near Poole Harbour at Keysworth Point. At the time of the call the 27 foot home made, red hulled, white superstructure vessel was alight and the call indicated that there [...]
SINKING SAILING VESSEL SAVED IN NORTH SEA
In the early hours of this morning Aberdeen Coastguard coordinated the rescue of sixteen Scandinavian sailors from the Swedish sailing vessel Biscaya Av Vindalso. The vessel was taking on water and sinking 12 miles off the coast of Fraserburgh.
Fraserburgh RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat and RAF Rescue helicopter 137 from Lossiemouth were [...]
