LORD NELSON

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Medevac off Caldey Island

The Tenby all-weather lifeboat was launched on June 7, 2015, at 5:48 p.m. oafter a report from the "Lord Nelson" that a 62 year old man had gone over on his ankle, suffering a cut to the back of his head approx. 10 miles south of Caldey Island. The volunteer crew made best speed to the vessel. Whilst the lifeboat was en route, the casualty began slipping in and out of consciousness so it was decided by Milford Haven Coastguard that an RAF Seaking rescue helicopter would be the best option for evacuating him. Once alongside the vessel, three RNLI crew members went aboard the "Lord Nelson" with a stretcher to assess the casualty. Luckily, there was a nurse on board that had been attending to him so he was all ready to be placed into a stretcher and taken aboard the lifeboat. The helicopter was soon on scene and winched the casualty up and transferred him to Morriston hospital. Report with photo and video: http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Tenby-lifeboat-assists-in-evacuation-of-sailor-with-head-injury.aspx

Medevac off Tristan da Cunha

A sick British Crew member has been medevaced from the "Lord Nelson" on ist round-the-world voyage on Jan 23, 2013. The 21-year-old man was suffering with a pre-existing condition. He was taken off the ship in the South Atlantic at about 6:30 p.m and taken by boat to the remote volcanic islands of Tristan da Cunha. The "Lord Nelson" set sail from Southampton on Oct 21 October, 2012, carrying a mixture of disabled and able-bodied people on a 50,000-mile trip. Doctors on board the tallship had been giving treatment, but Captain Chris Phillips decided to send the crew member ashore after taking advice from the ship's operations team in Southampton. The man was receiving treatment on Tristan da Cunha, and was expected to be transferred to Cape Town where the ship should arrive on Feb 2 if medical staff deem him fit to travel.

Lord Nelson first tall ship on world round trip with a crew of disabled

The "Lord Nelson" on Oct 21, 2012 set sail to become the first vessel of its kind to voyage around the world with a crew of disabled sailors. The "Lord Nelson" at 1.30 p.m. left from Southampton, Hampshire, for its 23-month, 50,000-mile journey. About 150 people waving Union flags lined the dock to bid farewell to the ship, which was accompanied by a small flotilla of yachts as it sailed out of Southampton Water. It is the first tall ship to have been built to enable physically-disabled and able-bodied people to sail side-by-side, and it will visit more than 30 countries on all seven continents and cross the equator four times during the trip.