The Donaghadee RNLI volunteer crew was paged by the Belfast Coastguard on June 23, 2018 at 7.32 p.m. after the 'Northern Celt - SO 472' had run ashore on the north side of the ‘Perch’, located just of the Warren Road in Donaghadee. The all-weather lifeboat 'Saxon' was on scene to the fishing vessel within five minutes. After consultation with the crew of five of the fishing vessel, and establishing that the boat had no damage, the crew of the lifeboat attached a towline to the stern of the fishing vessel to attempt to pull it off the rocks which was unsuccessful. The towline was then moved to the bow of the boat in another attempt to remove her from the rocks. With the assistance of the casualty vessel dropping its trawl doors to the seabed to jettison some weight, using both their bow thrusters and main propulsion to assist, the vessel came free and the lifeboat was able to tow it to deep water. When the skipper of the 'Northern Celt' was satisfied that there was no obvious damage to the hull or propeller the towline was removed and retrieved and the vessel continued her passage south while the lifeboat returned to station. Photos: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dgalg4BW4vuIP.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dgalg4BWsAUaryA.jpg
WORLD SHIPPING
26 June 2018 - 12:42
Grounding off Donaghadee
The Donaghadee RNLI volunteer crew was paged by the Belfast Coastguard on June 23, 2018 at 7
WORLD SHIPPING
26 June 2018 - 12:42
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