PAMELA S

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Pamela S troubled again

On July 10 the Ramsey RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew launched at 05.47 am. .to assist the "Pamela S" that had broken down 9 miles north of the Point of Ayre (Isle of Man). In fair weather conditions and a slight sea Ramsey’s relief lifeboat "12-21 Margaret" Jean with emergency coxswain Jason Colley at the helm made good speed towards the Whitby registered vessel, which had suffered a complete power loss. The lifeboat was alongside the casualty vessel by 06.47am. Having established that the three people on-board were unhurt in the incident a tow was safely established and the vessel was towed to Ramsey Harbour. Lifeboat and tow arrived in Ramsey Harbour at 10.10 a.m. and the broken down vessel was moored by 10.30 a.m. Ramsey lifeboat returned to station and the crew stood down to resume to their normal working day. Report with photo: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2018/july/10/early-morning-call-out-for-ramsey-rnli-volunteers

Trawler grounded off Dunbar

Both Dunbar lifeboats were launched in the morning of June 17, 2018, at 6.10 a.m. to assist the "Pamela S" which had run aground on rocks near the town’s harbour at Long Craigs. The net of thetrawler had picked up a large rock but when the crew moved into shallow water to try and free themselves the net got caught under the hull and the boat ran aground. The Coastguard requested the D-class inshore lifeboat (ILB) launch at 6.20 a.m. Once on scene, the volunteers assessed the situation and prepared a tow but given the size of the "Pamela S" and the fact that there was no immediate danger to crew or vessel a request was made for the all-weather (ALB) to assist. The Coastguard requested the ALB launch but while it was on its way from its mooring in Torness Power Station, a passing Dunbar fishing boat, the "May Queen", offered to help. The ILB crew helped set up a tow and the "May Queen" pulled the "Pamela" S off the rocks. The three-man crew of the North Shield’s-based trawler reported no damage to the boat. They then dropped their net and made their way to Dunbar harbour, where they planned to wait for a diver to help recover their net so they could continue fishing. By 7.20 a.m. the "Pamela S" was tied up in the harbour and the coastguard stood down both lifeboat crews. Report with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2018/june/17/dunbar-lifeboats-launched-to-fishing-boat-run-aground-on-rocks

Stormy ride to port

It wasa four hour job for the Whitby lifeboat to tow the "Pamela S" to port on July 25, 2011, due to bad weather and stormy seas. The boat were launched at 1.45 p.m. to assist the trawler which had engine problems. The "Pamela S" and the four crew on board were about three miles off the coast of Whitby and had to leave their catch for the day in nets on the sea bed with markers to collect later. The lifeboat connected a tow rope and brought the "Pamela S" back to Whitby harbour but it was deemed too dangerous to proceed. It was decided to take the "Pamela S" to Hartlepool, and Humber Coastguard asked the Hartlepool lifeboat to take over. Whitby’s lifeboat returned to the boathouse and was refuelled and ready for service again by 5.45 p.m. They had got as far as Saltburn when the Hartlepool lifeboat came out and took over. At the harbour entrance it was a very confused sea so the safest bet for the boat and the crew was to take them to a port that was not suffering from the same conditions. If the tow line had snapped within seconds the boat could be dragged onto the rocks. Report with photo: http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/stormy_seas_make_routine_tow_a_four_hour_job_1_3619012