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Scotland & NI 197/01
16 December 2001

CREEL VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE

Shetland Coastguard was alerted by crew on the Orkney Ferries ro-ro vessel ‘Earl Thorfinn’ to the plight of the crew of a Sanday creel boat that had caught fire.

The ‘Corilda’ was south west of Stronsay when the fire was first spotted.

Coastguard immediately launched the Kirkwall Lifeboat and the Coastguard tug ‘Anglian Monarch’ was tasked and Stronsay Coastguard Response Team were called out.


Coastguard ETV 'Anglian Monarch'
sprayed water on boat to put fire out.
The three crew, who had taken to their liferaft, were picked up by the ‘Eday Sound’ and later transferred to the ‘Earl Thorfinn’ and taken to Kirkwall where they were transferred to Balfour Hospital by ambulance for checks.

The ‘Anglian Monarch’ sprayed water on the boat to put the fire out and the Kirkwall lifeboat pumped her out to keep her afloat and towed her to Kettletoft.