Yacht Sinks Off Islands

The French yacht, Sauveterre, sank off the Islands on 4 July in the early afternoon.

RNAS Culdrose sent a seaking to the scene, 60 miles west of the Islands. St Mary’s Lifeboat and HMS Severn attended. The rescue was coordinated with between Falmouth Coastguard and French counterparts at Corsen and Gris Nez due to the language barrier.

The four crew are safe and well, having been taken to the Islands on the Whiteheads lifeboat.

This incident comes a week after RNAS Culdrose sent a helicopter to rescue the 11 crew of a Spanish fishing vessel, Maria Gallego, which sank off the Islands on 27 June. The crew were rescued from their liferafts and taken to Castledown in Ireland.