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157 migrants rescued from burning boat
On Aug 3, the CROSS Gris-Nez was alerted to the departure of a migrant vessel near Veules-les-Roses. The SNSM (station in Dieppe, along with the 'Argonaute' and later the 'Minck', were deployed to monitor the boat's crossing throughout the day and night of August 3-4. While monitoring the situation, five people on board the boat required to be rescued and were taken aboard the 'SNS 076' from Boulogne-sur-Mer and brought back to port in Boulogne.The remaining people on board refused the assistance offered by the French rescue services. On the morning of Aug 4, while still in a French rescue zone, near the British rescue zone, its engine caught fire, and the vessel's integrity deteriorated rapidly. The CROSS immediately broadcast a Mayday relay message and deployed available resources to the area to rescue the shipwrecked migrants, consisting of the 'Minck' and its RIB, the 'Argonaute', a Dauphin helicopter from the 35F flotilla detachment based in Le Touquet, the lifeboat 'RNLI 14 02' from the station in Eastbourne, the British Border Force vessels 'BSC Contender' and 'BSC Courageous' and a team of two paramedics from the SAMU 62 in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The 'ESMP 03' was also deployed by CENTOPS. At the end of the rescue operation, a total of 173 people were rescued, using the following resources: five people by the 'SNS 076' during the night and again in the morning; 30 people by the BSAA 'Argonaute'; 75 by the 'Minck'; 63 people were on British vessels. All castaways were transferred to the 'BSC Contender' and disembarked at Boulogne-sur-Mer to be taken care of ashore by the rescue services on Aug 4 at 12:30 p.m.
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