GV MOREMMA

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Disabled fishing vessel towed to Tynemouth

The skipper of the Peterhead-based "Moremma", 172 gt, radioed UK Coastguard's Humber Operations Centre on March 31, 2019 at 5 p.m. requesting assistance after becoming stranded 10 nautical miles southeast of the Tyne piers., but after the Coastguard lost contact with the vessel without obtaining their exact position, they made a 'Pan Pan' broadcast over the marine VHF radio network, alerting any vessels in the area to a vessel in distress. The UK Coastguard requested the launch of Tynemouth RNLI's all weather lifeboat and as the lifeboat launched a few minutes after the crew were paged, the crew of the offshore support vessel "Ocean Osprey" responded to the 'Pan Pan' broadcast reporting that they had the "Moremma" in sight two miles away and would send a daughter vessel over to check on her and the fishermen. The lifeboat arrived on scene at 5.50 p.m., and the volunteer crew quickly assessed the situation, discovering that the vessel had suffered a major engine failure leading to the loss of propulsion, before attaching a tow rope. The Moremma and her crew of two were then towed to safety at North Shields fish quay where they arrived at 7.30 p.m., being met by members of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade who assisted with the berthing from shore. Once the fishing vessel was safely tied up alongside the quay the lifeboat refuelled and returned to station. Reports with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2019/march/31/trawler-and-fishermen-towed-to-safety-by-tynemouth-rnli-lifeboat https://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/fishing-boat-rescued-by-tynemouth-rnli-1-9691029