Classic sailing vessel Astrid goes ashore in Ireland

Only a few day's ago the sailing vessel Astrid was safely anchored off Penzance before making her way later that evening to Cork on Ireland...

where she left earlier today bound for Kinsale...

luckily all hands were taken of safely by the Kinsale lifeboat after she ran aground under cliffs. Pictures show the vessels sails were all furled at the time of the accident in strong south westerly winds and a 4 metre swell....

Thirty people have been rescued after their tall ship hit rocks and sunk off the south coast of Ireland. The Astrid suffered engine failure near Kinsale Harbour and was blown onto the rocks by strong winds. A major emergency operation took place involving the RNLI and coastguard just after midday. 

The Astrid was one of 50 vessels taking part in a flotilla-style five mile journey from Oysterhaven to Kinsale as part of Ireland's 2013 Gathering initiative -- a tourism bid to encourage the diaspora to return to their homeland on holiday. 

This video shows the dramatic moments the Astrid hit the rocks, the subsequent rescue and interviews. Video by Nautical Channel.

Sennen lifeboat goes out on a shout to the stricken netter Sparkling Line after a fire in her engine room

Throwing across the heaving line...

coming down through a busy shipping lane...

Starting motor engaged and caught fire - good job we wasn't too far away!...

who needs an engine to run the hydraulics when you got a crew like this!

MFV Sarah Jayne sinks - one crew missing

A major search was under way this afternoon after a trawler sank off Berry Head.

BM249 Sarah Jayne rigged for scalloping

One fisherman was said to be missing while two others were rescued by another vessel. They were brought ashore by helicopter and were recovering at torbay Hospital.
MCA Press release issued at 1330

Local fishing boats, lifeboats and merchant ships search for the missing fisherman from the Sarah Jayne

Torbay and Exmouth lifeboats were at sea searching the area. Other fishing boats from Brixham were scouring the area in the hope of finding the missing man.

The Betty G II and the Sparkling Star III were among the fishing boats taking part in the search late this afternoon.

Other boats including the Sasha Emiel put out from Brixham around 4pm to join in the search.

The capsized boat has been identified as the Sarah Jayne, a 49 foot beam trawler. It is believed to be registered in Exmouth but may have been working out of Brixham.

The RNLI confirmed that the search was taking place two and a half miles east of Berry Head.

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave Knight was making its way to the scene as the search continued.

The Coastguard helicopter from Portland was also involved in the operation, searching the area where the trawler went down.

Brixham Coastguard first picked up a distress alert from the fishing vessel Girl Rhona at 11:24am, informing them that another fishing vessel had capsized 2.5 miles off Berry Head and they had managed to retrieve two of the three fishermen from the water.

A Coastguard spokesman said: "The Coastguard Rescue helicopter was scrambled from Portland and the Torbay RNLI lifeboat was requested to launch.

"A Mayday broadcast was put out to shipping in the area and a number of vessels including the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave Knight have offered assistance in the search currently being coordinated by Brixham Coastguard."

The capsized vessel is a 15m beam trawler operating out of Brixham.

Story courtesy of ThisIsSouthDevon.co.uk

CONFIRMED position of the Chloe T

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Confirmed POSITION
49°58,67N - 003°45,06W

Any trawlers fishing south of Plymouth will need to know the exact latitude and longitude readings for the beam trawler Chloe T  that sank earlier this week.

Penlee lifeboat takes off Injured seaman in thick fog off Land's End.

The volunteer crew of the Penlee RNLI all-weather lifeboat launched to an injured seaman onboard a 230 metre oil tanker in thick fog off Newlyn yesterday afternoon. 


The seaman had suffered a serious hand injury when a heavy hatch had fallen on it and needed immediate medical treatment. The volunteer crew at Penlee launched the all-weather lifeboat Ivan Ellen in thick fog conditions at 3.25pm to head to the oil tanker’s location 25 miles south of Newlyn, arriving alongside the tanker at 4.20pm. 


Patrick Harvey, Penlee RNLI Coxswain said ‘It was quite a tricky journey out to the tanker through the fog. The crew were watching closely for other vessels, which despite seeming to be some distance off, when you are travelling at such speeds, are quickly in your path and we had to change course a couple of times. "Once at the tanker, the casualty, helped by his fellow crew members, was lowered down on steps to the lifeboat. "Because the tanker was still moving at about six knots and rolling slightly, we had to be careful to get close enough to grab the casualty without damaging the lifeboat and this took a couple of attempts." 


The casualty was taken back to the lifeboat station at Newlyn where a road ambulance took him to Truro hospital.

Timothy Spall steered to safety by Sheerness lifeboat.

Nearly a year after passing through newlyn in his round Britain voyage, actor Timothy Spall, intrepid barge skippering sailor, had to be rescued by the RNLI this evening after heading the wrong way up the Thames on his way to Chatham Marina.

Matthew Southgate says - thank you.

"As a member of the crew taking part in the Fastnet Race and onboard the yacht Inseyarnda we would like to say a big thank you to the crews of St Ives, Sennen Cove and Penlee RNLI life boats.

A big thank you for the warm welcome Newlyn Harbour and the help getting the mast off and on to the fishing pontoon with the crane"

Matthew Southgate

I'm sure all those hands involved appreciate your thanks Matthew.

Swanage Lifeboat Week

 Sailing early, the Condor ferry from Poole passes between a local trawler and the Isle of Wight in the distance......

 another Cornish exile moored in Swanage Bay.......

 local fishermen must be watching with more than passing interest as another huge wind farm looks like being built in the bay......

 as usual, not a local box in sight.........

 once stood in the Thames, this memorial to the Battle of Waterloo was brought back as ballast by a succession of boats carrying Portland Stone to and from the quarry down the coast at Portland.......

 one of our lifebelts is missing.......

 the huge annual fund raising week is in full swing at Swanage......

 including visits and trips on the local boats......

 kept in the lifeboat house......

 last reminder to the crew on the way down the slip.......

 the unseasonal weather will not dampen the spirits......

 angling is hugely popular in the area and has its own liter scheme......

 reserved parking ready for action.......

 the sheer chalk cliffs at Studland are part of Dorset's dramatic Jurassic Coast.........

 local gigs are kept on moorings during the summer season......

 a must visit for old and young alike with tons of atmosphere, sounds and sights from another era very much alive on the Swanage to Corfe castle branch line with its annual Thomas the Tank Engine festival.......

where there's water there's always one prankster with a water pistol.

Karin Sheper runs aground east of Pendeen Lighthouse.

SHIP REFLOATS AFTER RUNNING AGROUND ON BEACH IN CORNWALL

Sennen Cove RNLI respond to ship aground north east of Pendeen lighthouse

The volunteer crew of the Sennen Cove RNLI all-weather lifeboat were launched this morning (Wednesday 3 August) after a ship went aground. The 9000 ton container vessel went ashore in a sandy cove. There were 13 people onboard. The ships company managed to drive astern and get the vessel off.
 

The Karin Scheper's route from Cork, including her brief stop off Pendeen Light in the early ours of Wednesday morning.

Close up look at where she ended up briefly on the sand banks near Pendeen, virtually the only sand between St Ives and Sennen - they were SO lucky!

At 04.30am, Falmouth Coastguard noted on their Automatic Identification system that the vessel was not using the traffic separation scheme correctly. All attempts were made to call the vessel by all means but the vessel went aground in the area of Cape Cornwall


The ship had run aground on a beach at Cape Cornwall. Falmouth Coastguard called out the St Ives Coastguard rescue team and North Cornwall sector manager and requested police attendance. The Coastguard tug Anglian Princess was repositioned in case it was required and the St Ives and Sennen Cove lifeboats were requested to launch a rescue helicopter R193 was also scrambled.

Subsequently Falmouth Coastguard received a call 2 hours later from the master of the vessel reporting that he had managed to refloat the vessel after moving ballast water and using his engines to get the vessel off where she had beached.
The vessel was carrying a cargo of containers and has 13 crew on board.

The vessel is now continuing on passage to Rotterdam under its own power and all units have now been stood down. There has been no damage to the vessel, no pollution and no injuries to any of the crew.

Steve Huxley, Duty Area officer, Falmouth Coastguard said:This has been a very fast moving scenario where this container vessel run aground on beach and with the rising tide and the master has managed to refloat the ship. It is now proceeding on its passage.

BBC online news report.