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6th November 2005, 12:11
COASTGUARD STATIONS LOOKING FOR RIVER DART
Coastguard Stations on the west coast of England and the Republic of Ireland assisted Holyhead Coastguard to search for a small coastal vessel, whose whereabouts was causing concern to its owners, River Sea Trading late this afternoon.
The owner had contacted Holyhead Coastguard at 3:46pm and expressed concern at not being able to contact the crew on board the ‘River Dart’. The ship’s crew consisted of a British Master and Mate and two Latvian crew, all experienced sailors. The vessel had been at anchor off Colwyn Bay in North Wales for a number of days and was believed to have sailed yesterday heading for Falmouth to change crew today and then on to Northern France. The 50 metre vessel was 499 grt with a single hatch and was in ballast.
“Due to the nature of the concern expressed by the owner we conducted a search to ascertain if the vessel had been logged or whether it could be detected by AIS (Automatic Identification System). We involved Liverpool, Milford Haven, Dublin, Swansea and Falmouth Coastguard in assisting in the search. Broadcasts to shipping were put out via VHF and DSC, but there was no response. The vessel eventually responded to a broadcast from a Nimrod at 20,000ft, and confirmed all was well. The vessel was 30 nautical miles south west of the Smalls (north end of the Bristol Channel) and making slow progress towards Falmouth due to the weather conditions.
This incident highlights the effectiveness of broadcast action taken by a Nimrod aircraft at 20,000 feet and all Coastguard stations are pleased the outcome to the search has proved positive with the crew safe and well.”
https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/c4/news/MCGA-news-pop.asp?mcga_news_id=3182&month=11&year=2005
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/3688/resizeofriverdart19811qw.jpg
Here seen in better days approaching Berwick,picture, I believe is © by Ian Willett, have seen her before in a book.
Coastguard Stations on the west coast of England and the Republic of Ireland assisted Holyhead Coastguard to search for a small coastal vessel, whose whereabouts was causing concern to its owners, River Sea Trading late this afternoon.
The owner had contacted Holyhead Coastguard at 3:46pm and expressed concern at not being able to contact the crew on board the ‘River Dart’. The ship’s crew consisted of a British Master and Mate and two Latvian crew, all experienced sailors. The vessel had been at anchor off Colwyn Bay in North Wales for a number of days and was believed to have sailed yesterday heading for Falmouth to change crew today and then on to Northern France. The 50 metre vessel was 499 grt with a single hatch and was in ballast.
“Due to the nature of the concern expressed by the owner we conducted a search to ascertain if the vessel had been logged or whether it could be detected by AIS (Automatic Identification System). We involved Liverpool, Milford Haven, Dublin, Swansea and Falmouth Coastguard in assisting in the search. Broadcasts to shipping were put out via VHF and DSC, but there was no response. The vessel eventually responded to a broadcast from a Nimrod at 20,000ft, and confirmed all was well. The vessel was 30 nautical miles south west of the Smalls (north end of the Bristol Channel) and making slow progress towards Falmouth due to the weather conditions.
This incident highlights the effectiveness of broadcast action taken by a Nimrod aircraft at 20,000 feet and all Coastguard stations are pleased the outcome to the search has proved positive with the crew safe and well.”
https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/c4/news/MCGA-news-pop.asp?mcga_news_id=3182&month=11&year=2005
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/3688/resizeofriverdart19811qw.jpg
Here seen in better days approaching Berwick,picture, I believe is © by Ian Willett, have seen her before in a book.