ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Migrant Rescue Ship ELEONORE
On Saturday 24th August, 2019 the 1961 built former fishing vessel ELEONORE started her first rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Two days later on Monday 26th August rescued 104 distressed migrants off the Libyan coast from a sinking rubber boat. Most of them were transferred on board by the ship’s RHIB, some had to be […]
Sheltering – Migrants Rescue Ship SEA PUNK I at Malta – November 2024
On Thursday 21st November, 2024 the 1969 built Migrants Rescue Ship SEA PUNK I left Porto Xiphonio at Augusta, Sicily bound to Lampedusa of which strong weather conditions were in force. On Friday 22nd November around 1056 hrs she was contacted by Valletta VTS that she had no permission to enter territorial waters as she […]
Naval News – LE EITHNE P 31 last voyage to the breakers – 01.06.2024
Nearly 2 years after she was decommissioned from the Irish Naval Service the 1984 commissioned former Flagship and Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) LE EITHNE P 31 left Cork Harbour, Republic of Ireland for the last time on Saturday 1st June, 2024 bound to breakers at Gent, Belgium. She was built by Verolme Cork Dockyard (VCD) […]
