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Trawler grounded off La Hogue Fort
Several lifeboats of the SNSM were needed on the night of Dec 26, to assist the 'Le Cap' from Grandcamp-Maisy, which was in difficulty off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. After an electrical problem, it ran aground on the rocks in front of the La Hougue Fort at 11.30 p.m. It was towed safely to port on Dec 27 at around 2 p.m. by the SNSM lifeboat from Goury, which pulled the trawler from its grounding site to the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. Report with photo: https://www.ouest-france.fr/mer/snsm/dimportants-moyens-de-secours-enclenches-pour-assister-un-chalutier-du-calvados-au-large-de-saint-vaast-la-hougue-184949fe-e32b-11f0-b5fe-2ee9eabcdbc5
Trawler grounded off La Hogue Fort
Several lifeboats of the SNSM were needed on the night of Dec 26, to assist the 'Le Cap' from Grandcamp-Maisy, which was in difficulty off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. After an electrical problem, it ran aground on the rocks in front of the La Hougue Fort. It was towed safely to port on Dec 27 at around 2 p.m. by the SNSM lifeboat from Goury, which pulled the trawler from its grounding site to the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. Report with photo:
Medevac off Belle-Ile
On Nov 8, 2016, at 3 a.m. the CROSS Étel was alerted by the Centre de Consultation Médicale Maritime in Toulouse after a crew member of the "Magellan 1" had suffered an open hand fracture 31 miles south of Belle-Ile. A Cayman helicopter of the French Navy was deployed and hoisted the fisherman around 5 a.m. He was taken to the Cavale Blanche hospital in Brest and handed over to hospital staff at 6 a.m.
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