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Injured fisherman medevaced off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

On Feb 25, 2025, at around 2:30 p.m. the skipper of the 'Galapagos-CH.642969' (IMO: 8543096) requested assistance from the CROSS Jobourg after a fishermen had been injured on board. The trawler was then engaged in shellfish fishing approximately 12 miles east of the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. After a telephone conference between health specialists and the CROSS Jobourg, it was recommended that the fisherman be disembarked in the nearest port as quickly as possible, but he could not wait for the Calvados port gates would open at around 7 p.m. due to his pain. The semi-rigid 'Jacques Armengaud' was deployed from the SNSM station in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue to take the victim off. To avoid a transfer on board with the swell, the 'Galapagos' came within 1.5 miles (2.8 km) of the coast. The rescuers handled him carefully because of his back pain. He had hurt himself moving stones on the deck. Back at the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, the fisherman was taken care of by the firefighters and transported to the Pasteur hospital in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.