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Fishing vessel sank after fire

The four crew members of the 'Horizon' that caught fire 17 miles off Old Head of Kinsale in the early hours of the May 14, were rescued after having had to abandon the vessel following a serious fire onboard. Despite efforts to fight the fire, the vessel sunk close to the position where it initially caught fire. Shortly before 2 a.m. the Valentia Coast Guard was alerted to a fire onboard the fishing vessel. A full-scale Search and Rescue operation was mounted and Courtmacsherry All Weather Lifeboat and the Waterford based Coast Guard helicopter R117 were tasked to the scene. Conditions at the time were favorable with light winds and a moderate sea. Other fishing and commercial vessels operating in the area also responded, as did the Naval ship 'LE George Bernard Shaw'. Shortly after the fire outbreak the crew successfully abandoned the vessel and were recovered from their liferaft by the Offshore Supply ship Pathfinder that had been operating at the Kinsale Gas field. The crew were subsequently transferred to the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat. There were no reports of any injuries being suffered by the crew. Another vessel on scene, the 'Maersk Maker'. attempted to extinguish the fire but to no avail. The wreck was monitored by the Coast Guard Helicopter and the 'LE George Bernard Shaw'. It capsized and sank shortly before 7 a.m. Report with photos: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40289243.html

Trawler kept from sinking off Cork coast

The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was alerted by a Mayday call of the "Horizon" on Sep 26, 2016, at 5.46 p.m. The crew of three reported the trawler was taking in water rapidly and in danger of sinking 20 miles off the Seven Heads in West Cork. In poor conditions with 6-7 Beaufort wind and bad visibility the lifeboat reached the casualty at 6.40 p.m. By 7 p.m. the lifeboat had succeeded in getting its pump onto the trawler to stop the intake of water. The damaged trawler was being towed at low-speed to the small fishing village of Union Hall in Co Cork.In a complicated tow the lifeboat moored the casuality at the pierhead at 10.30 p.m. The Navy vessel "LÉ Niamh" stood by and a Coast Guard helicopter was tasked from Waterford. Report with photo: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/sinking-fishing-boat-with-three-on-board-rescued-off-west-cork-coast-756566.html

Courtmscsherry RNLI in rescue of ship off the Seven Heads

The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was called out at 5.40 p.m. on Apri 10, 2015, to go to the aid of the "Horizon - S 329" that got into difficulties two miles off the Seven Heads Coastline in West Cork. The Courtmachsherry RNLI lifeboat with a crew of seven were away immediately and located the casualty at 6.10 pm as it drifted towards to coastline. The fishing boat with a crew of five was then taken in tow and after a two hour tow, arrived back to Courtmacsherry Pier. Conditions at sea were windy with a swell of one and a half meters. Report with photo: http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Courtmscsherry-RNLI-in-rescue-of-60-ft-Fishing-Boat-off-the-Seven-Heads.aspx