Fishing vessel caught in difficulty off coast of Kinsale rescued this afternoon
The vessel got into difficulty after its hull was breached in bad conditions and it began to take on water. By Tadgh McNally Sunday 9 May 2021, 6:07 PM May 9th 2021, 6:07 PM 17,073 Views 5 Comments
The fishing vessel in difficulty off the coast of Kinsale
Image: RNLI
Image: RNLI
A 75 FOOT fishing vessel that got into difficulty 27 miles off the coast of West Cork this morning has been rescued.
The vessel, which was 27 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in Cork, got into difficulty after its hull was breached in bad conditions and it began to take on water.
Fishing boat and crew of five rescued by Coastguard and RNLI off Old Head of Kinsale
The 75ft fishing vessel with a crew of five put out a distress signal after its hull was breached in the rough conditions and began taking on water.
Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Crew under Coxswain Mark Gannon arriving into Kinsale after callout to 75 ft Fishing Boat.
Sun, 09 May, 2021 - 18:23
Greg Murphy
A 75ft fishing boat and crew of five were rescued in a joint operation between the Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat and the Coastguard Rescue 117 helicopter 27 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale.
The emergency call came around 11am on Sunday morning after the vessel put out a distress call after its hull was breached in very difficult sea conditions and began taking on water.
9th May 2021
The fishing vessel and the Coastguard Rescue 117 Helicopter, as the heli crew drop the emergency salvage pumps and winchman on board the trawler in heavy seas. The Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat stood by
The Courtmacsherry All Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out this morning Sunday at 11 am, to go to the aid of a 75-foot fishing vessel that had got into difficulties 27 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in West Cork.
The lifeboat under Coxswain Mark Gannon and a crew of 6 were underway from their moorings in the harbour within minutes of being alerted by the Marine Rescue Co-Ordination Centre in Valentia and proceeded at full speed to the area of the causality.
The British ocean liner
Lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat off the coast of Ireland, about 14 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. The ship sank in 18 minutes and though there were enough lifeboats aboard, the severity prevented them from being launched. Of the 1,959 passengers on board, 1,198 drowned, 128 of them U.S. citizens. The death toll shocked the world and proved the impetus for America to enter WWI. The Germans contended that they only fired because the ship was carrying munitions. In 2008 a diving team explored the wreck and found millions of U.S. made Remington bullets which would seem to support that theory.
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