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It only became common knowledge in Iceland about 10 days ago that Ægir is patrolling in the Mediterranean because they saved 100 people in trouble on the way from Egypt to Italy,., the news came from the Greece naval authorities.. they found them 85 miles south of the island of Krit.. this are local news about this,,,
so Iceland has two ships there Týr as civilia and Ægir as patrol ship
Varðskipið Ægir, sem nú sinnir landamæragæslu fyrir Evrópusambandið, bjargaði í dag um 100 manns af vélarvana seglbáti nálægt eynni Krít í Miðjarðarhafi. Fólkið ætlaði að sigla frá Egyptalandi til Ítalíu, að sögn grísku strandgæslunnar.
It only became common knowledge in Iceland about 10 days ago that Ægir is patrolling in the Mediterranean because they saved 100 people in trouble on the way from Egypt to Italy,., the news came from the Greece naval authorities.. they found them 85 miles south of the island of Krit.. this are local news about this,,,
so Iceland has two ships there Týr as civilia and Ægir as patrol ship
Varðskipið Aegir, who now attends the European border security, delivered today by about 100 people vélarvana sail boat near the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. People wanted to fly from Egypt to Italy, according to Greek strandgæslunnar.
AFP news agency the spokesman for the Greek strandgæslunnar ítölskum authorities in Rome had received a distress. "Originally, the search near Malta until the Icelandic cost guard ship from Frontex (European Border creation), they found near Crete," said the spokeswoman.
According to sources mbl.is was varðskipið Ægir people who found and took it on board. Aegir is a service Frontex but varðskipið Tyr performs monitoring of tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean for the EU Fisheries Surveillance. This is the biggest rescue of the Icelandic cost guard ship to date, which was rescued nearly 100 people.
Seglskipið stand was about 85 nautical miles (160 km) from the town on the southern tip of Paleohora Crete varðskipið already found it. It was said that 95 people were aboard the boat, but in an emergency the call was not the exact number. Nationality of the people was not known.
A spokesman said the Greek strandgæslunnar though unknown to most bátsverjar were men, but also that women and children on board. "Now they are being transferred to a vessel Frontex and the authorities have not decided where people will be moved to a medical check," said the spokeswoman.
Weather will be good in this area. Greece secured the help of Frontex last year to stem the heavy flow of refugees from Africa and Asia to the country.
Priceless! A Non EU country involved in Frontex Missions & the Irish not involved. Bloody typical of this nation & the powers.
Varðskipið Aegir, who now attends the European border security, delivered today by about 100 people vélarvana sail boat near the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. People wanted to fly from Egypt to Italy, according to Greek strandgæslunnar.
AFP news agency the spokesman for the Greek strandgæslunnar ítölskum authorities in Rome had received a distress. "Originally, the search near Malta until the Icelandic cost guard ship from Frontex (European Border creation), they found near Crete," said the spokeswoman.
According to sources mbl.is was varðskipið Ægir people who found and took it on board. Aegir is a service Frontex but varðskipið Tyr performs monitoring of tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean for the EU Fisheries Surveillance. This is the biggest rescue of the Icelandic cost guard ship to date, which was rescued nearly 100 people.
Seglskipið stand was about 85 nautical miles (160 km) from the town on the southern tip of Paleohora Crete varðskipið already found it. It was said that 95 people were aboard the boat, but in an emergency the call was not the exact number. Nationality of the people was not known.
A spokesman said the Greek strandgæslunnar though unknown to most bátsverjar were men, but also that women and children on board. "Now they are being transferred to a vessel Frontex and the authorities have not decided where people will be moved to a medical check," said the spokeswoman.
Weather will be good in this area. Greece secured the help of Frontex last year to stem the heavy flow of refugees from Africa and Asia to the country.
Priceless! A Non EU country involved in Frontex Missions & the Irish not involved. Bloody typical of this nation & the powers.
Iceland is actually a member of the Shengen border system and therefore also in Frontex.. the news says its the biggest rescue of people in history of the coast guard,, there where bigger ones during ww2
the trawler Skallagrímur picked 350 or more British sailors from the sea after a German submarine sunk a British warship .. cant find any details about that now..the grounding of Skeena the pride of Canadian army was also huge, and is little known as it was top secret... if Hitler had known Skeena was lost he might have changed plans, it was forbidden to even mention it in public
I only know about it from old people that lived the war and then from this memorandum a fisherman Einar Sigurðsson took charge of the situation..must be rather special .. a fisherman became a navy commander even multi national naval commander ...I found this about it.. its first in Icelandic.. if you scroll down a little there is a summary in English
Well it'll have to be operated by the Coast Guard, cos the NS wouldn't have it unless it had a big gun on the front
Why say you so? The NS operated numerous craft without big guns up front, the most famous being Ferdia and Setanta.
If it does what it says on the tin, armament is not an issue.
In any case, there is plenty of space for a Bofors 40 or larger there.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Plenty of space for a 25mm bushmaster on the top of the superstructure in from of the bridge,
No problems tacking on a couple of .5s mid ships.
Why not lease some for say three years and see how it works out to establih the requirement and show it works..then build one to your own spec or purchase the one you have lease if it proves adequate.
Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
The issue of weapons onboard is imaterial,what is wanted is a ocean going salvage tug, before, not after, we have a supertanker pile up on our coastline.
But if weapons are desierable for a supplementry role as a patrol vessel, then it could be as simple as 2 crwmen with a javalin, up to a 40mm Bofers, which are going to become surplus as the P20's are withdrawn.
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
How often is it going to be required? Go VFM means multi-role!
In which role? hopfully never, but a major maritime incident, could be enough to finish the country off altogether, particularly in the current economic climate.
But, if it also doubles as a patrol vessel, whats the problem?
Question: are there and pourpose built military tugs out there? I have my doubts.
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
To paraphrase the multiroles:
Fishery protection,
environmental protection,
traffic control,
towing,
fire fighting,
oil recovering,
rescue/salvage operations,
ROV support
All taskings required by the NS in support of the CG in the current Service Level Agreement between the two organisations (exclude FP as it has nothing to do with the CG).
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