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Tall ship runs aground off Arran

The 100ft-long vessel Irene of Bridgewater became stuck in Lamlash Bay off Arran. Ten people were on board, but no-one was injured during the unscheduled stopover. Clyde Coastguard was alerted at 7.35pm last night to the fact the ship was unable to move. However, a spokeswoman said the vessel was sitting in mud and was not in any danger of toppling over.

Collision off Rosslare

The Rosslare RNLI lifeboat was launched in the early hours of June 29, 2011, to go to the aid of a 40 ft yacht that was badly damaged following a collision with the "Irene of Bridgwater" ten miles south east of Rosslare Harbour near Kilmore Quay. The lifeboat launched at 2.38 a.m. and was on scene at 3.32 a.m. The yacht the mast of which was broken was in urgent need of assistance and was taking on water. Arriving on scene the volunteer lifeboat crew saw debris in the water and noticed a considerable amount of damage to the yacht on the port side. They immediately assessed the state of the crew on both vessels - 5 crew members and 12 trainees were onboard the tallship and a single crewmember onboard the yacht. On establishing there were no injuries three lifeboat crew boarded the yacht and cleared some of the debris from the water. Due to the damage the lifeboat crew took the yacht under tow back to Rosslare Harbour and the tallship continued its way to Waterford. The Irish Coast Guard Helicopter from Waterford arrived on scene and provided a strong search light overhead for the crews to work in. Conditions were good with a slight swell.