NSRI volunteers from Station 2 Bakoven, Station 3 Table Bay and Station 18 Melkbosstrand were today given awards for the rescue of 12 fishermen from the trawler Claremont that ran aground on Robben Island during a vicious storm on 13 August 2013.
NSRI volunteers from Station 2 Bakoven: Luke Van Riet, Ernesta Swanepoel, Mark Thompson and Coralie McDonald.
NSRI volunteers from Station 3 Table Bay: Kim Germishuys and Giles Daubney.
NSRI volunteers from 18 Melkbosstrand: Quinton Luck, Kobus Meyer and Ryan Minaar.
The crew of the Claremont when they came ashore at the Table Bay rescue base.
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