At 20:25 this evening the Skerries Coast Guard team were tasked to investigate reports of a swamped fishing vessel at Skerries harbour. Attempts were being made by the skipper to salvage the vessel and further assistance was requested from both the Coast Guard and Skerries Fire Brigade.
The Skerries Coast Guard team arrived on scene within minutes and surveyed the scene. The skipper was requested to remove the EPIRB from the vessel to prevent accidental deployment of the distress signal. The Skerries Coast Guard team also monitored the pollution threat from the vessel which was carrying amounts of diesel and other oil onboard.
Shortly before 23:30, the numerous attempts by the Skipper to right the vessel finally proved successful and it was secured to the harbour wall. The Skerries Coast Guard team were stood down at 23:45.
Incident # 2 of 2011