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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 October 2013

Boat capsizes

At 13h35 (Sunday, 03rd October) NSRI Melkbosstrand crew were activated following reports from Blouberg lifeguards of a dragon boat outrigger canoe capsized in the vicinity of the Seli 1 wreck, off-shore of Table View, with 6 people reported to be ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 4 October 2013

All in a days work

Shaun Harris, duty coxswain at Station 20 Shelly Beach, reports that at 14h33 this afternoon, he received a call from a member of the public in Ramsgate. She had noticed what appeared to be a body floating on the back ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 October 2013

Seven saved from sinking yacht:

The yacht HLANGANA.At 07h38 on Thursday the 03rd of October Port Alfred volunteers were activated following reports of the yacht HLANGANA taking water and sinking with seven crew onboard 4 nautical miles west of Boknes, in the Eastern Cape.Keryn ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 October 2013

Crewman casualty evacuated off ship

At 06h00 (Thursday, 03 October) NSRI East London crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from the 190 meter bulk carrier YASA EMIRHAN, sailing from Gabon to Singapore, reporting a 24 year old Turkish crewman onboard suspected to ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 30 September 2013

Child drowns at Melkbos main beach

At 16h04 (Monday, 30th September) NSRI Melkbosstrand crew were activated following reports of a child missing, believed to have drowned at Melkbosstrand Main Beach. It appears that the child, a 7 year old boy from Atlantis, who was reportedly at ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 September 2013

NSRI on stand-by at ship alight in Table Bay

UPDATE: Ship to be moved into Table Bay PortA Port Control ships Pilot will be airlifted by helicopter to the ship and the ship will be moved to the Container Docks in the Port of Table Bay where they will ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 September 2013

Patient casualty evacuated off ship 150nm off Cape Point

At 10h00 (Saturday, 28th September) NSRI Helicopter Rescue Unit crew, the SA Air Force 22 Squadron and WC Government Health EMS were activated by MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) to prepare to respond to 150 nautical miles off-shore of Cape ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 September 2013

False Alarm off Shelly Beach

Pieter Coetzee , NSRI Shelly Beach deputy station commander, said: 'At 21h00 (Wednesday, 25th September) our crew were activated following eye-witness reports of red distress flares sighted off Manaba Beach, near to Margate.'As we prepared to launch our crew were ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 September 2013

Diving tragedy

'At 11h26 (Wednesday, 25th September) NSRI Durban crew responded to reports from a Dive Charter boat informing that they were making best speed to NSRI Durban Sea Rescue Base from 6 nautical miles off-shore. CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) efforts were ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 September 2013

Two Children missing off Camps Bay

The Sea Rescue boat Rotarian Schipper searches for the two missing children in Camps Bay.UPDATE: Camps Bay Police and a Police Dive Unit headed an ongoing search operation for two missing male teenagers, both 16, who went missing yesterday ...

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