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Press Notice No: Duty 1
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Posted 21:56 GMT
LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD COORDINATE RESCUE OF YACHTSMAN FROM BURNING VESSEL
At 8.20pm Liverpool Coastguard were contacted on channel 16 by the yacht QUEST
on passage from Douglas to Fleetwood, reporting that a second yacht UBIER, which
they had been in company with was in difficulty and suffering an engine fire.
Liverpool Coastguard contacted UBIER by radio and the single handed yachtsman
confirmed that he was unable to control an engine room fire and was abandoning
ship to his tender boat, being unable to reach his life raft due to the smoke. The
alert was upgraded to a Mayday call.
Liverpool Coastguard made an emergency broadcast to shipping in the area and
scrambled the Rescue Helicopter 122 and requested launch of RNLI life boats from
Fleetwood and Barrow.
The oil stand by vessel Highland Sprite responded to Liverpool Coastguard and
deployed a fast response craft which was able to locate and recover the casualty
and transfer him to the vessel Highland Sprite. Rescue Helicopter 122 is
transferring the casualty to Furness Hospital to check for suspected smoke
inhalation.
Fleetwood and Barrow RNLI life boats are on scene to deal with the abandoned
vessel. Weather and conditions on scene this evening are calm and favourable to
the rescuers. UBIER is a 37 foot yacht and the yachtsman on board was reported to
be from Lancashire.
Liverpool Coastguard Watch Manager Tony Topping says,
“Liverpool Coastguard would like to thank the crew of Highland Sprite for their
quick response to the Mayday call tonight as well as the other commercial vessels
which also responded to the alert.”
Posted by: Julia Gosling
For further details contact:
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency Duty Press Officer
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Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Posted 21:56 GMT
LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD COORDINATE RESCUE OF YACHTSMAN FROM BURNING VESSEL
At 8.20pm Liverpool Coastguard were contacted on channel 16 by the yacht QUEST
on passage from Douglas to Fleetwood, reporting that a second yacht UBIER, which
they had been in company with was in difficulty and suffering an engine fire.
Liverpool Coastguard contacted UBIER by radio and the single handed yachtsman
confirmed that he was unable to control an engine room fire and was abandoning
ship to his tender boat, being unable to reach his life raft due to the smoke. The
alert was upgraded to a Mayday call.
Liverpool Coastguard made an emergency broadcast to shipping in the area and
scrambled the Rescue Helicopter 122 and requested launch of RNLI life boats from
Fleetwood and Barrow.
The oil stand by vessel Highland Sprite responded to Liverpool Coastguard and
deployed a fast response craft which was able to locate and recover the casualty
and transfer him to the vessel Highland Sprite. Rescue Helicopter 122 is
transferring the casualty to Furness Hospital to check for suspected smoke
inhalation.
Fleetwood and Barrow RNLI life boats are on scene to deal with the abandoned
vessel. Weather and conditions on scene this evening are calm and favourable to
the rescuers. UBIER is a 37 foot yacht and the yachtsman on board was reported to
be from Lancashire.
Liverpool Coastguard Watch Manager Tony Topping says,
“Liverpool Coastguard would like to thank the crew of Highland Sprite for their
quick response to the Mayday call tonight as well as the other commercial vessels
which also responded to the alert.”
Posted by: Julia Gosling
For further details contact:
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency Duty Press Officer
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