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Eight boat people rescued, three missing

Salvamento Marítimo and the Alicante Maritime Captaincy coordinated the rescue of eight North African boat people on the night of July, about 26 nautical miles east of Benidorm. The CCS Valencia continued the search for another three missing people on the morning of July 2, about 10 nautical miles southeast of Cabo de la Nao. The vehicles carrier 'Neptune Ethos', en route from Malaga, rescued five North African men who were located on a boat 26 nautical miles from Benidorm on the night of July 1. Three of them were transferred to Valencia by helicopter, while the other five sailed with the vehicles carrier to its port of destination, Fos, with an ETA as of July 3. The 'Guardamar Polimnia' has searched for hours, since last night, ten miles from Cabo de la Nao, in the Marina Alta, for three other people who were supposedly traveling on the boat according to the statements of those rescued, who stated that there were 11 people on board. However, at 2:25 p.m. they suspended the search after not finding any person, as confirmed by Maritime Rescue sources. At 7:41 p.m., the 'Neptune Ethos' had alerted Salvamento Marítimo of the presence of five people in the water wearing life jackets. The MRCC in Valencia instructed the ship to proceed to their rescue. In addition, the SAR helicopter Helimer 203 was mobilized as well as the 'Guardamar Polimnia' and the patrol boat 'Río Oja' of the Civil Guard. At 8:14 p.m., the 'Neptune Ethos' began the rescue of the shipwrecked people from the boat. The five North African men in apparently good health. For its part, the Helimer helicopter located three other men in the water and rescued them. The migrants declared that the small boat had set off from the town of Tipaza on June 27, bound for Alicante.

Pleasure boat towed to Palamós

On May 29, the pleasure boat 'Troyona' with one crew member on board suffered an engine breakdown one nautical mile from Cala Castell. The CCS Barcelona of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Guardamar Polimnia', which took the boat in tow and safely pulled it to Palamós.

Two rescued, three dead and seven missing from rubber boat off Motril

On March 22, 2024, the 'Guardamar Polimnia' along with the SAR helicopter Helimer 205 and Frontex were mobilized by Salvamento Marítimo to a semi-sunk ruber boat 26 nautical miles off Cabo Sacratif/Motril. Two people were rescued alive and hoisted aboard teh helicopter amid adverse weather conditions. Three bodies were recpvered, and according to the two rescued, there were further seven people missing. Adverse weather conditions.