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CTV suffered water ingress off Suffolk
On July 14, 2026, at 2.09 p.m. the 'Farra Siskin', with three people on board, issued a Mayday call after one of the hulls had started taking on water. The crew transfer vessel was working on the East Anglia 3 Windfarm, 43 nautical miles northeast of the Suffolk coast. The Lowestoft lifeboat 'Patsy Knight-RNLI 13-05' and a Coastguard helicopter were called out to assist. The CTV was meanwhile limping back to the coast at a speed of ten knots, using one engine. The Coastguard helicopter was ready to take two crewmen off the vessel - but this was eventually found not to be necessary. A sister windfarm vessel, which was nearby, had brought an extra pump to help with the incoming seawater, and the RNLI boat deployed another portable pump as well. The boat moved alongside, and the crew transferred the pump and hoses across together with a member of the lifeboat crew to operate it. After using the two emergency pumps,, the water ingress could be brought under control. The seawater appeared to be coming in from around the engine shaft, and the crew made efforts to stem the leak with limited success. The 'Farra Siskin' was then brought into Great Yarmouth under the escort of the Lowestoft RNLI boat, where it was lifted out of the water at the Alicat Workboat's boatyard. Upon the arrival at the port, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston RNLI launched their lifeboats and used their portable pump to take over from the Lowestoft boat, which arrived back at it mooring at 9.15 p.m. after a seven hour call-out. Report with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2026/july/14/lowestoft-rnli-lifeboat-responds-to-mayday-call-from-vessel-taking-in-water
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