Four Fishermen Rescued From Rocky Islet After Grounding

On Tuesday, Spanish rescue company Salvamento Maritimo and the Galician coast guard rescued 4 survivors from the highest of a rocky islet after a fishing vessel went aground and partially sank.
That morning, the fishing boat Nuevo Abeijón was working off the coast of Monte Louro, a promontory on the rugged western coast of Galicia. At about 1025 hours, samaritan fishing vessel made a Channel 16 VHF name to report that Nuevo Abeijón was too near the rocks, and that an emergency was creating.
The Nuevo Abeijón grounded, and the crew had been in a position to climb to security on the rock outcropping, charted as O Neixon. Slammed by the surf, the wood boat partially sank, and the crew had been trapped on the highest of the islet.
???? Hoxe o Pesca 1 rescatou aos catro tripulantes do pesqueiro ‘Nuevo Abeijón’, con porto base en Noia e que se afundiu na zona de O Neixón, fronte ao Monte Louro, no concello coruñés de Muros. Así os izou antes de trasladalos ao hospital do Barbanza.
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— Gardacostas Galicia (@GardacostasGal) October 31, 2023
El CCS Fisterra ha coordinado rescate de los 4 tripulantes del pesquero Nuevo Abeijón, hundido tras irse contra la costa en Muros. Los tripulantes se pusieron a salvo en las rocas. Movilizados Salvamar Régulus, Helimer y Pesca I @GardacostasGal, que los trasladó a hosp. Barbanza pic.twitter.com/VxsWwkAVlH
— SALVAMENTO MARÍTIMO (@salvamentogob) October 31, 2023
The regional maritime rescue middle dispatched the rescue boat Salvamar Regulus to the scene. However, the waves across the rock had been too excessive and harmful to allow the boat to method and take the survivors aboard. Instead, Guardacostas Galicia despatched a helicopter to hoist the 4 males aboard. All had been delivered safely to a hospital in close by Barbanza for analysis.
Salvamar Regulus was in a position to pull the wreck of the Nuevo Abeijón off the rocks at about 1230, eradicating any menace to navigation from the vessel’s still-floating hull.