At 19:21 Falmouth Coastguard requested the launch of Falmouth All Weather Lifeboat following a call from the Irish Ferry Oscar Wilde reporting an engine room fire 7 miles South of Falmouth. The vessel was on engine trials and had 113 crew onboard but luckily no passengers. In addition Lizard Lifeboat was requested to launch along with the Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel Anglian Princess, a Helicopter from RNAS Culdrose, the Fire Brigade Marine Incident Response Group and the Falmouth Harbour Tugs Ankorva, Percuil and St Piran.
Location:
7 miles South of Falmouth
Weather:
SW 4 , Moderate Sea & Swell, Good Visibility, Partly Cloudy
Crew:
Mark Pollard (Coxswain), David Proud, Snowy Angove, Tom Bird, Tom Napper, Claire Angove, Steve Bond