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Medevac off Flushing

On Oct 31,2016, the lifeboat "Zeemanshoop" was alerted by the "Maatje Helena - YE 138" after a crew member had suffered an injury at the hand. The skipper called the Dutch Coast Guard for Radio Medical Device RMD. Because the fingers had been significantly squeezed and the man had also lost a fair amount of blood, the doctor of the RMD recommended to evacuate the man for transport to the hospital. The Dutch Coastguard immediately alerted the lifeboat of the KNRM-station Breskens. The "Zeemanshoop" rendezvoused with the trawler near buoy Scheur 8 half an hour after the alert, and the injured fisherman could be taken aboard. The lifeboat then head for the outer port of Flushing, where it arrived short after midnight. The patient was then transferred to a waiting ambulance. Dutch report with photos: https://www.knrm.nl/nieuws/knrm-reddingstation-breskens/gewonde-visserman-geevacueerd

Master of fishing vessel fined for offences

I a hearing on Apr 14, 2015, the tribunal correctionnel of Dunkerque fined the master of the "Maatje Helena - Ye 138" with 8000 Euros and anothter 500 euros in legal costs, following an offence on fishing laws evidenced by the patrol boat "Themis" The Committee of Marine Fisheries received 2000 Euro.

Trawler adrift off Flushing locks

The "Maatje Helena - YE 138", underway from the fishing grounds to its home port Flushing, experienced engine problems in the Westerscheldt estuary on Apr 26, 2012. The captain decided to call for help, and Short time later the Dutch Coast Guard lifeboat "Zeemannshoop" from Breskens was on scene. The boat met the trawler at buoy W4 to escort the "Maatje Helena" to port, ready to take the vessel in tow if it went adrift. One hour later the ships safely reached the outer harbor of Flushing, where the lock was already opened for the f/v. When the lifeboat was about to return to Breskens, the engine finally failed, and the "Maatje Helena" drifted rudderless towards the gate of the lock. The lifeboat quickly attached a rope and slowed the f/v down so that it could be moored in the lock. Dutch report with photos: http://www.knrm.nl/service/reddingrapporten/?contentID=69ACB3AE