At 02:45 this morning, the Coast Guard’s operations centre received radio traffic on VHF CH16 suggesting that a vessel was in distress off the coast of Rush village, 4 miles South of Skerries. Based on the initial information received, the Coast Guard tasked the Skerries Coast Guard team to conduct a shoreline search of the area. Other vessels in the immediate area included a Fishing boat and crews working on the East-West power interconnector rig and platform. These crews also maintained a lookout. Visibility was excellent, with strong breaking light, only very slight winds and a calm sea. Following the extensive search nothing unusual was found and the Skerries team were stood down.
Incident #13 of 2011