The Coastguard, Naval Service, Air Corps, Civil Defence and more put on a superb search and rescue demonstration in Cobh today.
They showed rescues in a variety of situations – from fishing boats on fire to swimmers in the water.
Lots more photos here.
President Michael D. Higgins took part in a review of the Naval Service in Cobh yesterday.
5 ships took part, L.E. Eithne the flagship of the Irish Naval service, LE Niamh, LE Aisling, LE Aoife and HMS Mersey from the Royal Navy. LE Eithne was moored at the deepwater quay, waiting to welcome the president aboard for the review.
Once the 4 ships had arrived in Cobh, they anchored just offshore and prepared for the review.
The president boarded LE Eithne, and LE Eithne moved down towards Whitegate, to turn and conduct the fleet review heading upriver.
As LE Eithne passed each ship, they saluted each other.
You can see more photos from the event on my flickr.
President Michael D. Higgins in Cobh today.
German sail training ship Alexander Von Humboldt is in Cobh today.
She’s open to the public from 2-4 today and it’s free to visit!
I finally got out for my first sail of the year, on my fathers boat.
Julia, the Cork/Swansea ferry passed us in Cobh Roads.
Harbour Flights ran seaplane trials in Cobh today. They’re looking at launching a national seaplane service so were testing take offs and landings in the harbour.
Luxury liner The World visited Cobh today.
The unusual thing about this liner is you can buy a residence on board and live on the ship!
I went down to Cobh yesterday to see a major search and rescue demonstration. The Naval Service, Air Corps, Coastgard, RNLI, Gardai, Fire Brigade, MART, Port of Cork, lots of volunteers and more put on a fantastic show. They demonstrated some of the many possible ways people can get into trouble on the water (and even on land) – everything from kyaking and jetskiers ending up in the water, to fishing vessels going on fire. The Coastguard helicopters and the Air Corps Casa did several fly bys, with the Casa dropping a life raft on one pass. I took lots of photographs and videos. Enjoy!
My thanks to everyone involved for a brilliant demonstration.
as part of the Corpus Christi celebrations in Cobh, mass was held on board LE Aoife at the deepwater quay.
they also had the blessing of the boats, an old tradition in the harbour.
It was a lovely day in Cobh today.
Research Ship Walther Herwig III was moored at the deepwater quay.
