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Lady Helen

Lady Helen

Photo: bbc.co.uk
Photo: bbc.co.uk

The passenger ship Lady Helen struck bottom off Pembrokeshire, Wales.  The Lady Helen was en route to Skomer Island from Martin’s Haven with 48 passengers when it struck a rock.  The vessel sent out a distress call with the RNLI lifeboats from Angle and St David along with several vessels in the area.  The passenger ship Dale Princess was first on scene and pulled the Lady Helen off the rock.   The Dale Princess took the Lady Helen under tow and headed back to Martin’s Haven.  However, the Lady Helen had suffered hull damage and began to sink.  It was decided that all 48 passengers on the Lady Helen should be transferred to other vessels which had arrived on scene.  All passengers were safely transferred.  No reports of injuries or pollution released.  The Lady Helen was beached near Martin’s Haven to prevent it from sinking.  The RNLI brought additional dewatering pumps to control the flooding so that the Lady Helen can be pulled further up the shore.

 

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JC

JC

 

The 17.5 meter long tugboat JC sank at Holyhead harbour, Wales.  There was no one on board the tugboat when it sank at its berth in 3 meters of water.   The authorities placed booms around the vessel to contain any pollution released.   The vessel had some six tons of diesel fuel and 50 litres of oil on board at the time of the sinking.   The cause of the sinking was not reported.

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Swanland Lost

Swanland Lost

The 81 meter long, 3150 dwt freighter Swanland sank in the Irish Sea off Bardsey Island, Wales.  The Swanland loaded with 3000 tons of limestone encountered high winds and heavy seas when it was struck by a large wave.   The wave struck the Swanland causing the hull to break-in-two then rollover and sink.  An mayday call was received by authorities who launched a search for survivors.  Six helicopters, five RNLI  lifeboats, four coastguard teams, and other craft conducted a search of the area.  Two crewmen were rescued a few hours later when they were spotted by a helicopter.  A body of a crewman was later found and recovered.  Five other crewman were listed as missing. 

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