Fourteen crew members were safely rescued after a French fishing vessel ran aground near Dingle on Sunday morning. The 28-metre bottom trawler Fastnet, registered in France and owned by a Spanish company, lost engine power shortly after departing Dingle Harbour.
Strong winds and heavy swells quickly pushed the vessel onto the rocky shoreline between Dingle Lighthouse and Binn Bán beach, prompting a large-scale search and rescue operation.
The Irish Coast Guard’s Valentia Marine Rescue Sub-centre received a distress call at around 11:30 a.m. and coordinated the response, sending several rescue units to the scene.
These included the Shannon-based helicopter Rescue 115, the fixed-wing aircraft Rescue 120F, the Valentia RNLI all-weather lifeboat, and the Dingle Coast Guard unit. Local response boats and the Navy patrol vessel George Bernard Shaw also assisted.
Video Credits: Irish Coast Guard/Facebook
Attempts by lifeboat crews and local boats to tow the trawler to
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