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Guardian abandoned after water ingress

Five persons were rescued from the "Guardian" by a Sea King helicopter at Storfosna in the municipality of Ørland on June 29, 2017, at 1.30 p.m. The ship had run onto a subsea skirt enroute to Murmansk for a project at Nova Zembla, and the engine room rapidly filled with water. After the Mayday call also a lifeboat and the Norwegian tank m/v "Scan Tank", 228 gt (MMSI: 259134000) as well as the "Hellem Jr." went to assist. When they arrived, the crew already had boarded a life raft from which they were picked up by the rescue helicopter which took them to the Sea King base on Ørland. The lifeboat tried to dewater the "Guardian" and keep it from sinking. There was also a little oil spills, so the Coastal Administration was notified. The "Guardian" could be kept afloat with the dewatering pumps of the "Scan Tank" and was taken to the island Kråkvåg jointly with an NSSR-lifeboat, where the "Scan Tank" is based, where the work boat will be investigated further. Norwegian report with photo: http://www.fosna-folket.no/incoming/2017/06/29/Fem-personer-reddet-da-b%C3%A5t-var-i-ferd-med-%C3%A5-synke-14951497.ece