Three fishermen were saved in Cork on Sunday night when the 20 foot vessel hit rocks at Moneypoint, near the entrance to Kinsale harbour in storm force conditions.
Kinsale RNLI arrived on scene in less than five minutes after it was launched at 6:10pm. The volunteer lifeboat crew dropped anchor and veered down, getting within feet of the stricken board.
The three Portugese fishermen were pulled to safety uninjured, however they lost all their personal belongings.
Kinsale RNLI Helm Nick Searls said, “The fishermen were wearing lifejackets and the operation to recover all three of them onto the lifeboat was successful.” The RNLI lifeboat also returned to the scene to monitor the vessel and to ensure the safety of members of the public who lined the shore to watch the incident unfold.
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