THOR HEYERDAHL

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Injured boy medavaced off Portland Bill

A teenage crew member of the "Thor Heyerdahl" was airlifted to hospital following a rescue operation on pril 13, 2019. Also the lifeboat was launched from Weymouth after the alarm was raised at 11.40 a.m. The "Thor Heyerdahl" about 20 miles south of Portland Bill. After a Lee-On-Solent rescue helicopter arrived, the lifeboat crew returned to shore. The boy had an injured hand and was airlifted to Dorset County Hospital.

Medevac off the Schlei

The DGzRS-lifeboat "Nis Rander" of the Station Maasholm medevaced a 10 year old girl which had suffered a head wound off the Schlei estuary on June 9, 2013. The lifeboat transferred the girl to the harbor, from where she was delivered to the hospital by ambulances.

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On July 13, 2010, two ships participating in the Tall Ships Races were in collision in the port of Antwerp: The "Thor Heyerdahl", formerly the cargo m/v "Minnow", and the Oman registered "Shabab Oman" (MMSI-No.: 461000409). When the "Thor Heyerdahl" left its berth at the Napoleon Quay it hit the "Shabab Oman". The sihps were thus unable to attend the windjammer parade on the Scheldt. The "Thor Heyerdahl" later joined the race to Aalborg, while the "Shabab Oman" remained berthed and also had to carry out engine repairs which would last around two days.