Ncc-Najem

The "NCC Najem" was involved in the rescue of two men off the Devon coast after their motor vessel "Flying Fox" broke down and they began drifting out to sea on OCt 5, 2013. At 1.18 p.m. the Brixham Coastguard was alerted to a faint VHF radio broadcast from the "Flying Fox" calling Hello Hello. Brixham Coastguard spoke with the caller who said they had broken down and were drifting out to sea and believed they were in a position one or two nautical miles off Blackpool Sands, Devon but the vessel was finally located some five miles from this location. Brixham Coastguard was contacted by the skipper of the nearby vessel "Shiraz" who agreed to go the position and locate the motor boat but was unable to find it. The Dartmouth Coastguard Rescue Team was called out to search from the shore for the boat. The VHF radio contact had been lost and a PAN PAN message was broadcast to all vessels in the area to keep a look out. The casualty used a mobile phone to call the Brixham Coastguard who asked them to use red flares which were not spotted. The Brixham Coastguard asked the casualty to use their buoyant orange smoke float and requested that the"NCC Najem", which was transiting the area enroute from Tanger to Mongstad, look for the smoke ahead of them on their port side but in fact the crew of the tanker spotted the smoke five miles in the opposite direction and to their stern. Once located, the motor vessel was towed to Dartmouth by the fishing vessel "William Harvey".