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Trawler towed to Eyemouth
The Dunbar’s lifeboat volunteers came to the aid of the 'Crimson Sea', which was stranded eight nautical miles north east of the town without power or steerage on the night of Sep 17, 2026. After being paged by HM Coastguard at 9 p.m., the all-weather lifeboat 'John Neville Taylor' launched from Dunbar Harbour and was on scene just before 10 p.m. The Pittenweem-registered vessel had become tail-tied in its own nets, and the five crew members had issued a pan-pan call for urgent assistance. Once the Dunbar deputy coxswain Gordon Mackay assessed all available options, and given the trawler’s size and draught and the rough sea state, it was decided to tow the vessel to Eyemouth Harbour. On arrival at the port, the Dunbar crew was met by Eyemouth RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat ‘Helen Hastings’. After both lifeboats combined to berth the trawler, the Dunbar volunteers departed Eyemouth at 4.30 a.m. and had refuelled and returned to the harbour by 6 a.m., nine hours after the alarm was raised. Report with photo: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2026/september/18/dunbar-rnlis-lifeboat-volunteers-assist-stricken-trawler-in-all-night-callout
Fishing vessel took in water
The "Prevail - SY 121" was towed to safety after it began taking on water on Feb 19, 2015. The vessel was around 31 miles east of Montrose. The Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted at 3. a.m. when the emergency beacon on the Stornoway-registered vessel was activated. A helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth was scrambled and was able to confirm the vessel was taking on water and had communication problems.The Montrose lifeboat went to the scene and started towing the ship back to the town where it was expected to arrive in the early afternoon. All four crew have remained on board. Report with photos: http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Six-hour-shout-for-Montrose-RNLI-lifeboat.aspx
Guard ship took on water
The RNLI’s Barrow lifeboat station launched the all weather Tamar class lifeboat on Jan 31, 2014, at 9.50 a.m. to go to the assistance of the guardship "Temeraire" reported to be taking on water. At 9.35 a.m. the Liverpool Coastguard requested the immediate launch of the lifeboat to attend the wind farm guard vessel travelling inbound to Barrow Port which had reported that the vessel with three people aboard was taking on water. A flood of 10 metres was expected at 11.30 a.m. which caused a powerful tidal run made worse by the force 7 near gale from the south east. At the time of launch the weather was fine, but it soon began to throw heavy sleet showers which reduced visibility. The lifeboat "Grace Dixon" was soon alongside the disabled vessel which was also suffering a lack of engine power. Two crewmen crossed to the casualty vessel carrying the lifeboats salvage pump and after a quick assessment began to pump sea water out of the engine compartment. Having removed the water from within the vessel she was then taken under tow and the two crewmen could see that water was still leaking into the vessel from the area of the sea-cock. The ship was towed to the Barrow Dock System and safely moored there. Report with photo: http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/10979431.Barrow_lifeboat_called_to_vessel_taking_on_water/?ref=var_0
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