Saturday 30th August 2014 A request was received by Guernsey Coastguard from the Cruise Ship MSC “Opera” that she had a severely ill passenger that required transferring to the local Hospital, once the vessel had anchored in the Little Russell, … Continue reading
Friday 29th August 2014 2035 A call was received by Guernsey Coastguard from the Crossma that a small French cruiser was unable to proceed. The French vessel was disabled, with a rope around the propeller, 5 miles south of St … Continue reading
Sunday 24th August 2014 0155 A call was received by Guernsey Coastguard from the local fishing boat “Gina Louise” that she had suffered a hydraulic failure and was unable to proceed. The fishing vessel was fishing just outside St Peter … Continue reading
The relief lifeboat Daniel L Gibson was launched at 13:45 on Friday 22nd August 2014 to go to the aid of a French yacht with 5 crew on board which had struck rocks off the East coast of Herm. The … Continue reading
The relief lifeboat Daniel L Gibson was called out at 05:10 local time on Thursday 21st August 2014, to go to the assistance of a French yacht which had engine failure at the top of the Little Russel. As conditions … Continue reading
At 1806 on Saturday 16th August 2014, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the Guernsey Yacht “Majic” with (4) crew on board requesting assistance. The yacht reported steering problems and was unable to proceed. The relief St Peter Port Lifeboat, … Continue reading