MoD vessel on the rocks

摘要

The six-man crew of the 105-tonne survey and training vessel Smit Cymyran were winched to safety by helicopter after the vessel hit rocks off the coast of Anglesey during the morning of 20 August. The crew were all safe after abandoning the vessel when she hit the East Platters rocks just south of the Skerries Island. The Holyhead lifeboat Christopher Pearce was alerted to the vessel and arrived to find the vessel had taken on a severe list. Two crew members went aboard to assess the situation, got a pump running, and were joined by two winchmen from an RAF helicopter, which brought further pumps.