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Disabled crabber towed to port in challenging conditions
Crews from the Lough Swilly and Portrush RNLI launched in extremely challenging conditions on Dec 14, 2019, at 2.15 p.m. after a mayday alert from the 'Sean Og 2' off the northern coast of Ireland. The ship with five crew members on board was fishing for crab when they got into difficulty off Fanad Head in County Donegal. The vessel lost power and encountered steering difficulties while violent waves smashed the wheelhouse windows in. The volunteer life boat crews were facing force 9-10 gales and sea swells of 50 feet. The RNLI boat from Arranmore was also called in. Given the conditions, the Lough Swilly crew left the fishermen on their vessel and worked with them to establish a tow. In the storm, the tow rope broke three times. The Arranmore boat then arrived and took over the tow, and brought the vessel back into the mouth of Lough Swilly. All involved were safe and well. The volunteers, 20 in all, spent almost 15 hours at sea, most of it in the hours of darkness. They faced gale-force conditions and 50ft swells but successfully met and overcame the challenges to bring the fishermen to safety. Report with video: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/video-portrush-rnli-battles-treacherous-conditions-in-15hour-fishermen-rescue-38788843.html
Disabled fishing vessel towed to port
The 'Sean Og 2' with a crew of five on board suffered a broken shaft in position 56 52 00.0 N, 008 02 00.0 W, 18 miles West of Barra on Dec 4, 2019, at 12.35 a.m. The Stornoway Coastguard tasked the Barra lifeboat to attend the vessel. It was taken in tow and pulled into Castleway Harbour.
Trawler damaged in collision off Malin Head
On Nov 2, 2019, at 6 a.m. the 'Sean Og 2' reported a collision with the container ship 'Atlantic Sea' 40 miles north of Malin Head in pos 55 57 08.4 N 007 15 36.0 W . The trawler suffered damages to wheelhouse and railings and some water ingress that stopped later. The ship headed to Killybegs for repairs at nine knots, course 216 deg. The coordination with the vessel was passed to Malin Head Coastguard. at 3.15 p.m. The 'Atlantic Sea' contined the voyage from Liverpool to Hamburg with an ETA as of Nov 4 at noon. It's crew had not ben aware of the incident. An investigation was being launched into the incident.
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