FV ARPEGE

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Fishing vessel disabled en route to Boulogne sur Mer

The 'Arpege', en route from fishing grounds to Boulogne sur Mer with five crew members on board suffered an engine failure in pos. 50 38 49 N, 001 05 16 E, on Jan 31, 2024. The vessel was carrying no cargo on board. The fishing vessel 'Glorieviergemarie' towed the vessel to Boulogne. The Gris Nez traffic has been informed.

Fishing boss sent to prison for bringing a bomb into port

On Oct 6, 2020, Alexis Hagneré, a fishing boss from Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais) was sentenced to ten months in prison and a fine of € 3,000 for bringing back to port an American 250 kg bomb from World War II caught in his trawl on Sep 27, 2019, which he had caught in his net. The transport code provides that, faced with such a discovery, the captain of a ship alerts the CROSS, a semaphore or the nearest harbour master's office and re-submerges the dangerous device on an offshore drop zone. Instead, the bomb containing some 145 kg of explosive was landed in the port of Hauts-de-France. A few days later, its defusing by demining divers from the French Navy required the evacuation of the auction quay and some 600 inhabitants of the neighborhood, the confinement of 25,000 people living within a radius of 1,500 meters, the closure of the city center. Nearly 400 police, firefighters and soldiers have been deployed to secure operations. French report with photo: https://www.ouest-france.fr/mer/peche/dix-mois-de-prison-ferme-pour-le-pecheur-qui-a-debarque-une-bombe-a-boulogne-sur-mer-7022785

Medevac off Boulogne-sur-Mer

On March 6, 2020 at 08:40 a.m. the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed by the 'Arpège' that one of its cre members, a 44 year old man of French nationality, had fallen on board and was injured. The ship was 30 nautical miles southwest of Boulogne-sur-Mer in the upstream route of the Pas de Calais traffic separation scheme (DST). The doctor at the Maritime Medical Consultation Center in Toulouse recommended an immediate medical evacuation, and the SAMU in Le Havre deployed a team from Boulogne-sur-mer. At 8:59 a.m.,a Dauphin helicopter of the French Navy base at Le Touquet took off with the medical team of the Boulogne-sur-Mer hospital on board. At 10:09 a.m., the medical team was dropped off on board the 'Arpège' where they confirmed the medical report and conditioned the injured sailor for his evacuation. At 10:40 a.m., he was hoisted by helicopter, then transported to the Boulogne-sur-Mer hospital where he was picked up at 11:00 a.m. French report with photo: https://www.premar-manche.gouv.fr/communiques-presse/evacuation-medicale-a-bord-d-un-navire-de-peche-au-large-de-boulogne-sur-mer-62