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18/02/2002
Navy drafted in to assist in search for three family members
The British and Irish Navy has been drafted in assist in the search for three family members whose fishing boat went missing off the coast of County Down.
The move was confirmed by Fisheries Minister Bríd Rodgers on Monday in the Stormont Assembly who said the Irish Government was sending naval vessel Le Etna from County Cork to assist in the search for the missing trawler carrying three generations of the Greene family. The vessel left Cork on Monday afternoon and is expected to arrive in the early hours of Tuesday morning to sweep the seabed around the County Down coastline.
Meanwhile HMS Bridport was dispatched from Scotland after another Royal Naval vessel which was en route had to divert to Belfast to deliver a crew member to hospital after he fell down a hatch and injured himself.
Families and fishermen in Kilkeel had called on the Royal Navy to join the search operation for the Tullaghmurray Lass which has been missing for three days.
Two helicopters and up to 25 boats from the Kilkeel fleet helped in the search for the missing vessel. However as hopes of finding the three alive evaporated over the weekend the Coastguard called off its rescue operation.
The eight-year-old boy, his 32-year-old father and 54-year-old grandfather were expected back in Kilkeel on Friday, but never returned from their fishing expedition on the vessel which was set to be decommissioned.
Two inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch in Southampton have also arrived in Kilkeel to investigate the loss of the fishing boat. They were making "initial inquiries", said a spokesman, adding that a third inspector was due to join them later Monday. (AMcE)
The move was confirmed by Fisheries Minister Bríd Rodgers on Monday in the Stormont Assembly who said the Irish Government was sending naval vessel Le Etna from County Cork to assist in the search for the missing trawler carrying three generations of the Greene family. The vessel left Cork on Monday afternoon and is expected to arrive in the early hours of Tuesday morning to sweep the seabed around the County Down coastline.
Meanwhile HMS Bridport was dispatched from Scotland after another Royal Naval vessel which was en route had to divert to Belfast to deliver a crew member to hospital after he fell down a hatch and injured himself.
Families and fishermen in Kilkeel had called on the Royal Navy to join the search operation for the Tullaghmurray Lass which has been missing for three days.
Two helicopters and up to 25 boats from the Kilkeel fleet helped in the search for the missing vessel. However as hopes of finding the three alive evaporated over the weekend the Coastguard called off its rescue operation.
The eight-year-old boy, his 32-year-old father and 54-year-old grandfather were expected back in Kilkeel on Friday, but never returned from their fishing expedition on the vessel which was set to be decommissioned.
Two inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch in Southampton have also arrived in Kilkeel to investigate the loss of the fishing boat. They were making "initial inquiries", said a spokesman, adding that a third inspector was due to join them later Monday. (AMcE)
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Hope fades for three aboard missing fishing vessel
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Hope fades for three aboard missing fishing vessel
Hope of finding the three people missing aboard a Kilkeel fishing boat was fading on Friday evening as a massive air-sea search failed to find the vessel. The rescue operation was escalated on Friday in an increasingly desperate bid to locate a fishing boat with three generations of one family on board.
26 February 2002
Royal Navy withdraw from search for missing fishing vessel
The Royal Navy have decided to withdraw HMS Bridport, the minesweeper which has been assisting in the search for missing Kilkeel fishing vessel the Tullaghmurray Lass.
Royal Navy withdraw from search for missing fishing vessel
The Royal Navy have decided to withdraw HMS Bridport, the minesweeper which has been assisting in the search for missing Kilkeel fishing vessel the Tullaghmurray Lass.
19 February 2002
Bad weather closes in on search for fishing vessel
The search for Kilkeel fishing vessel the Tullaghmurray Lass, and the three members of the Greene family who were aboard her, may be disrupted by gales. Although sea conditions were calm on Tuesday morning, search co-ordinators expected the continuing operation to be severely hampered by imminent gales.
Bad weather closes in on search for fishing vessel
The search for Kilkeel fishing vessel the Tullaghmurray Lass, and the three members of the Greene family who were aboard her, may be disrupted by gales. Although sea conditions were calm on Tuesday morning, search co-ordinators expected the continuing operation to be severely hampered by imminent gales.
20 January 2006
Search for missing fishermen locates wrecked boat
The wreckage of a fishing boat which sank off the coast of County Down has been located on the seabed, but weather conditions prevented further investigation of the wreck on Friday afternoon and as dusk fell hopes of finding the two missing men alive had faded.
Search for missing fishermen locates wrecked boat
The wreckage of a fishing boat which sank off the coast of County Down has been located on the seabed, but weather conditions prevented further investigation of the wreck on Friday afternoon and as dusk fell hopes of finding the two missing men alive had faded.
11 November 2004
One of two missing fishermen found alive
The coastguard have confirmed that they have found one of the two fishermen missing since yestersday afternoon alive. Shane Murnaghan, 28, was found on Thursday morning in a liferaft near to the Isle of Man. However there is still no sign of his colleague Colin Donnelly, 30, who was also on board the boat.
One of two missing fishermen found alive
The coastguard have confirmed that they have found one of the two fishermen missing since yestersday afternoon alive. Shane Murnaghan, 28, was found on Thursday morning in a liferaft near to the Isle of Man. However there is still no sign of his colleague Colin Donnelly, 30, who was also on board the boat.
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