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Woman died in capsize of viking ship replica

The 'Idar Ulstein' was involved in an SAR opeeration after the viking ship replica "Naddoddur" capsized at Stad off Måløy on the evening of Aug 27, 2024, leaving an American woman in her 20s missing. Five other people, from Switzerland and the Faroe Islands, were rescued and transported to Florø, where they were taken care of by crisis teams.. The search for the missing woman continued throughout the night until the morning of Aug 28, and the search was then moved into a new phase for a presumed dead person. The police have notified the family and next of kin of the missing person. The boat hadsailed from the Faroe Islands on Aug 24. By then the trip had already been postponed due to bad weather. The ten-metre wooden ship with two masts has been built according to Faroese tradition, and sailed from Tvøroyri in the direction of Norway. The trip was initially supposed to take between three and five days. On Aug 27 at 6 p.m. the first mayday came from the ship off Måløy. Ahelicopter was sent to the position, and that nearby vessels were called. Another alarm came an hour later, and then the SAR operation went full force with two helicopters and the lifeboat. On Aug 28 just after 05:30, a.m. the MRCC announced that the rescue operation itself had ended. Both rescue helicopters, rescue boats, Coastguard ships and several commercial and civilian ships in the area had participated amid very difficult search conditions, both from the air and the sea. There was poor visibility, winds of around 20 meters per second and 4-5 meter high waves, and also occasional strong showers. On Aug 28 at 8.10 a.m. the missing woman was found dead in the water and the body was recovered, Report with photo: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/eMzqoR/nrk-redningsaksjon-ved-stad-etter-melding-om-fartoey-med-seks-personer-i-noed

Damaged lifeboat can be repaired

On Feb 15, 2019, at 1.30 p.m. it was announced by the Swedish shipyard Swede Ship Marine, northwest of Gothenburg, that the "Idar Ulstein" can be repaired, 2,5 months after the lifeboat had run aground at Grytastranda. The work was expected to be completed December 2019/January 2020. The yard is the same where the boat was built and on which also the next boat of the same class, the "Odd Fellow III" is short before completion. The boat, which will be in based in Bodø is to be baptized in April, and on May 19 it will come to Ålesund, Holen says. The lifeboat "Hans Herman Horn" was replacing the "Idar Ulstein" on its station since the accident. In addition to the "Hans Herman Horn", the NSSR has the lifeboats "DNV2", "Mærsk" and "Erik Bye" stationed in Møre og Romsdal.

Damaged lifeboat taken to Djupvik

The "Idar Ulstein" has been taken to its building yard, the Ship Marine in Djupvik north of Gothenburg, after its grounding at Grytastranda on Nov 29, 2018, after the skipper on board got an ill-feeling. It will carry out complete check of the boat. While the "Idar Ulstein" is out of service, the skate is replaced by "Hans Herman Horn", the rescue company's newest unit of the Idar Ulstein class. Report with photo: https://www.nett.no/Nettno/Overskriftene/RS-Idar-Ulstein-send-til-Sverige