All Entries Tagged With: "rescue"

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. [...]

NORWEGIAN SAILOR IN INTERNATIONAL RESCUE

Aberdeen Coastguard has been coordinating the rescue of a Norwegian sailor who found himself adrift 33 miles off the Scottish coast.
The call at 3.43pm on Sunday came from yacht Margarita. The boat was 33 miles away from shelter and making no headway in heavy seas with five to six meter swell [...]

FEMALE OVERBOARD NEAR LOOE

Brixham Coastguard were informed that a female from a 25 foot blue hulled catamaran Stray Cat had gone overboard near Looe in Cornwall on Saturday. Two crew remained on board.
The RNLI Fowey all weather lifeboat and Looe inshore lifeboat were immediately requested to launch and a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose [...]

FISHING VESSEL CAPSIZES AND SINKS!

At twenty to midday, Humber Coastguard received 999 calls reporting that red flares had been sighted off Skipsea, just to the North of Hornsea. Another member of the public reported that he could see a vessel, possibly on fire and with people in the water.

Humber Coastguard scrambled the RAF Leconfield [...]