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Wishing them all the best"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
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Boat thought to be carrying up to 600 people appears to have capsized after migrants rushed to one side as rescue vessel approached
"Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean are feared to have drowned after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya, Italy’s coastguard said on Wednesday.
The boat had run into difficulty 15 nautical miles off Libya and sent out a distress call, picked up by the coastguard in Catania in Sicily.
[B]Two vessels – the Médecins Sans Frontières ship Dignity I and Irish patrol vessel Le Niamh – were immediately dispatched to the scene, but the boat capsized after the migrants all rushed to one side in anticipation of being rescue[]d, the coastguard said.[b]
An Irish naval official told the Associated Press that about 150 migrants were spotted in the water.
Nawal Soufi, an Arabic-speaking Italian based in Sicily who is often contacted by migrants in distress, told AFP she had taken a call earlier on Wednesday about a boat in trouble with 600 people on board.
“It is probably the same boat,” coastguard spokesman Filippo Marini said, raising fears that hundreds of people may have drowned.
Three other ships have been sent to the area to search for survivors.
More than 2,000 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year, according to the International Organisation for Migration."Last edited by Herald; 5 August 2015, 15:32.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostHopefully some more on other craft. Difficult job with so many wet survivors. Long journey to safety. We are with the crew in spirit. Tough break all round.
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L.E Niamh now entering Palermo port, several hundred rescued migrants on board pic.twitter.com/WgkeRfchZs
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) August 6, 2015
Hundreds of rescued migrants await disembarkation from the Irish naval vessel the L.É Niamh at Palermo. pic.twitter.com/2lK1G611sV
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) August 6, 2015
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Looking at the Sturdy fishing vessel on the Naval Facebook page , in the throes of foundering, it seems to me the vessel was rapidly increasing draft because water was coming in, as in the second photo, due to a deliberate act- no capsize, as in roll over longitudinally--just submerged rapidly. It's possible they got everybody that could be saved.
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Is this the thread to discuss the pros and cons, rights and wrongs of the refugee situation in the Med? Or is this just for the official updates?To close with and kill the enemy in all weather conditions, night and day and over any terrain
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Originally posted by HavocIRL View PostIs this the thread to discuss the pros and cons, rights and wrongs of the refugee situation in the Med? Or is this just for the official updates?
The NS will continue to rescue and recover, regardless of the politics of the situation.
And for that they deserve nothing but praise. The Journal.ie has become a haven for every crank and bigot who think these people should be left drown, lest they come over here after our social....
Disgusting.
I'd prefer that this thread remain a discussion on the fantastic, and very difficult work being done by our Naval service.
It is fair to say our ships were never expected to be carrying 10 times its crew on deck on a weekly, even daily basis. Hopefully this operation will be kept in mind when future naval vessels are being planned. It should also be kept in mind when future vessels are demanded, by all those in government.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Footage from Médécins Sans Frontières of the rescue operation of migrants from a sunken ship in the Mediterranean. The LÉ Niamh was involved in the joint operation.
Posted by RTÉ News on Wednesday, 5 August 2015
I have no words.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Just a thought. In cases where a migrant craft is scuttled, or capsized, a two ship on scene rescue mission would obviously be more effective, with the ability to deploy 4 RHIB's. Should we see the mission ships operate in pairs, or send a second Naval Service vessel , and act as a two ship rescue squadron??
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostJust a thought. In cases where a migrant craft is scuttled, or capsized, a two ship on scene rescue mission would obviously be more effective, with the ability to deploy 4 RHIB's. Should we see the mission ships operate in pairs, or send a second Naval Service vessel , and act as a two ship rescue squadron??
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