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SAR operation after water ingress
The 'Lady Helen', en route from Whitehaven to Fleetwood with five crew members and 150 bags of Whelks (40 kilograms per bag) on board, suffered water ingress in the engine room in pos. 53 59 03.6 N, 003 53 22.2 W, on April 16, 2023, at 8.40 p.m. and issued a mayday call. At 8.46 p.m. the RNLI boat from Douglas was tasked to assist, followed at 8.52 p.m. by the RNLI boat from Barrow. At 8.57 p.m. the ferry 'Ben My Chree' offered assistance, at 8.58 p.m. the f/v 'GV Fairline Surveyor' (IMO: 8965464) offered assistance and took no board the crew at 9.25 p.m. At 9.10 p.m. the 'Ben My Chree' was on scene and launched a fast rescue boat. At 10.13 p.m. the lifeboat from Barrow arrived on site. At 10.27 p.m. the SAR ipoeratation was terminated. The vessel remained afloat and was taken in tow by the 'Ann Mary B' to Fleetwood. Report with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2023/april/17/barrow-lifeboat-answers-fishing-vessels-mayday-call
Disabled trawler towed to Fishguard twice
The 'Emilia Rose - M 65' suffered engine failure and was towed back to Fishguard in a joint towing operation between New Quay RNL and Fishguard RNLI on March 3, 2020. The vessel with five crew members had got a rope wrapped around its propeller. Initially New Quay RNLI, the nearest station to the fishing vessel, responded and took the vessel under tow towards Fishguard. The Fishguard RNLI's all-weather lifeboat was dispatched at 2.50 p.m. to take over the tow which it did in the area of Cemaes Head, near Cardigan, arriving back at Fishguard harbour at 5 p.m. whereby the towline was shortened in order to bring the stricken vessel alongside the harbour quay wall at 5.20 p.m. The lifeboat then returned to its station. On March 4 the 'Emelia Rose' had encountered exactly the same problem it had the day before having a rope wrapped around its propeller. The fishing vessel 'Felsi' came to her assistance on this occasion and took the ship in tow. In this case the Fishguard lifeboat, which launched at 4 p.m., took over the tow 25 miles northeast of Fishguard and began the slow journey back to the harbour, arriving at 8 p.m. and putting the stricken fishing vessel once again alongside the quaywall before docking at 9.30 p.m. Report with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2020/march/05/new-quay-rnlis-all-weather-lifeboat-rescues-fishing-vessel
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