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Patrol boat rescued single hand sailor
The 'CP 311' rescued a single hand sailor of Spanish nationality who had set of with the 12-m-yacht 'Black Pit' on April 11, 2024, from Crete towards Sicily. After receiving an information on April 19 from the MRCC in Piraeus and acquiring a satellite signal indicating the possible presence of the yacht 110 miles from Cape Spartivento, about 200 km from the Calabrian coast, the Italian Coast Guard, coordinated by the Maritime Directorate of Reggio Calabria, started an SAR operation involving a plane taking off from Catania, the 'CP 311' from Roccella Jonica and two merchant ships, which diverted to the area to search the vessel. Amid very bad weather conditions, 40 knots of wind and worsening seas, the "Black Bit" was finally spotted disabled and adrift with a broken mast by the Coast Guard aircraft. The lone sailor managed to send out light signals to be identified. In the middle of the night, the 'CP 311' reached the yacht and took the man on board. After the initial treatment provided on board the patrol boat, the sailor was dropped off at the port of Roccella for further medical treatment. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XhKpXp-YDE
65 migrants rescued off Roccella
The 'CP 311' of the Roccella Jonica Coast Guard intercepted a sailing boat with about 65 migrants on board about 19 miles from the Port of Roccella on Oct 19, 2023. The migrants were coming from the Iran and Iraq and arrived in the port of Roccella on board the 'CP 311' at 10.00 a.m. Report with photo: https://www.telemia.it/2023/10/nuovo-sbarco-di-migranti-questa-mattina-a-roccella-jonica-sono-arrivati-65-iraniani-ed-iracheni/
200 migrants rescued off Roccella
A sailing boat with 200 migrants on board has been identified in the night of Oct 9, 2023. The Coast Guard and Guardia di Finanza rescued them about 95 miles from Roccella. They were transferred to the 'CP 311' and the patrol vessel 'Barbarisi' and taken to the port of Roccella Jonicon Oct 10 at around 9 a.m.
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