KBV 001

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Poseidon took 569 migrants to Palermo

In the morning of Aug 27 the "KBV 001 - Poseidon" arrived at the port of Palermo. The 569 migrants aboard were examined by medical staff. Italian authorities and the Coast Guard started to disembark the migrants. On Aug 26 at 6 a.m. the "Poseidon" had been tasked to assist a dinghy in distress at sea with 130 people on board, all of whom could be saved. A wooden boat in distress was detected nearby short time later, from which 439 people could be saved. OO the lower deck, the crew of the "Poseidon" found more than 50 deceased. The cause of the death was undetermined. The survivors' condition varied. The crew, consisting of personnel from the Coast Guard and police, provided first aid and also received the assistance of Doctors Without Borders from a ship nearby. Swedish report with photos: http://www.kustbevakningen.se/sv/granslos-samverkan/nyhetsarkiv/dramatisk-sjoraddning-for-poseidon/

Patrol boat recovered more than 50 dead migrants

On Aug 25, 2015, the "Poseidon" found the bodies of more than 50 migrants in the hold of a vessel off the coast of Libya. During the operation around 430 migrants were saved. The "Poseidon" was already rescuing 130 migrants from a raft north of Libya's coast when it got a call to assist a nearby wooden ship. The Swedes rescued 439 survivors from the wooden boat then looked for the bodies. The crew had to cut up the deck of the wooden boat to get to the bodies) in a safe way. The victims probably died of asphyxiation. The corpses were placed in body bags to make sure they didn't come into contact with the survivors. In addition to the 51 dead discovered by the "Poseidon" crew, three women were found dead in another migrant boat and another corpse was found during the 10 rescue operations that were launched the same day. Reports with photos and video: http://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/26/51-bodies-found-in-hull-of-migrant-ship-off-libya/21227825/ http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/aug/26/bodies-fifty-migrants-found-rescue-boat-libya-video

Patrol boat took 427 migrants to Italy

On July 2, 2015, the "Poseidon" was involved in four rescue operations. The Coastguard vessel had been instructed to head to a position approximately 43 mm off the Libyan coast when the crew discovered three rubber rafts with a total of 321 migrants on board. According to information from the migrants they had been in rubber rafts about eight hours. Among the migrants were several women and some children. Later in the evening the ship assisted an Italian navy vessel which rescued a further 105 migrants. The migrants were transferred to the "Poseidon" and the on the whole 427 migrants were transported to Italy on July 4. Swedish report with photos: http://www.kustbevakningen.se/sv/granslos-samverkan/nyhetsarkiv/fyra-sjoraddningar-till-i-medelhavet/