DINGHY RESCUE IN SOUTHAMPTON WATER
At 12.24
today Coastguards at the National Maritime Operations Centre received a VHF
radio broadcast from a yacht which had seen a dinghy capsize in Southampton
water. Hamble Independent Lifeboat was asked to attend. The
Southampton Harbour patrol vessel was also on scene very quickly and reported
to the Coastguard that they had recovered three people safely on board.
The Red Funnel ferry nearby deployed a fast response boat to attend to
the floating dinghy, which may have presented a danger to other vessels. The three people were taken to Netley Sailing Club and checked by an ambulance crew and found to be cold but uninjured. |