Sea Princess helps with sea rescue
A Princess Cruises ship helped rescue three sailors after their boat sank in the south Caribbean on Sunday.
The 2,000-guest Sea Princess was on a world cruise when she was asked to go to the rescue scene by the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre in Curacao in the Lesser Antilles after distress calls were received from a stricken vessel.
The ship’s captain immediately turned around and sailed 60 nautical miles to reach the three sailors who were in a life raft.
A fast rescue boat was lowered to retrieve them just before midnight.
A tanker had been standing by but had been unable to lower a rescue boat in the prevailing conditions.
The sailors were taken aboard Sea Princess and admitted to the ship’s medical centre, and have since been given a clean bill of health.
"We are very proud that the captain and crew of Sea Princess were able to act quickly and effectively in the assistance of others in distress at sea," said Tony Roberts, Princess Cruises vice president UK & Europe.
Sea Princess resumed sailing and arrived at Willemstad, the capital of Curacao, only slightly delayed.
Tomorrow she will navigate the Panama Canal on a homeward leg to Sydney across the Pacific Ocean.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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