Marine Nationale, December 16, 2011 - At 2am on Friday December 16th 2011, the cargo ship TK Bremen ran aground 2km south of the mouth of the Etel river on the Brittany coast of France.
The ship had left the port of Lorient in the afternoon, intending to anchor north of the island of Groix to await better weather and sea conditions before resuming its journey to England. However, it had great difficulty in holding its anchor, and began to drift while trying to reach another sheltered location. At 0:40, the captain requested assistance to the Etel Regional Operational SAR Centre ( Centre Régional Opérationnel de Surveillance et de Sauvetage, CROSS )
At 1:36, the maritime prefecture in Brest decided not to utilise their tug Abeille Bourbon, but instead requested helicopter support from the NH90 Caiman Marine from the naval air base at Lanvéoc-Poulmic. This resulted in the safe rescue of all 19 crew members, using two rotations to and from the Lann-Bihoué naval air base which is located 8km north west of Lorient.
The ship had left the port of Lorient in the afternoon, intending to anchor north of the island of Groix to await better weather and sea conditions before resuming its journey to England. However, it had great difficulty in holding its anchor, and began to drift while trying to reach another sheltered location. At 0:40, the captain requested assistance to the Etel Regional Operational SAR Centre ( Centre Régional Opérationnel de Surveillance et de Sauvetage, CROSS )
At 1:36, the maritime prefecture in Brest decided not to utilise their tug Abeille Bourbon, but instead requested helicopter support from the NH90 Caiman Marine from the naval air base at Lanvéoc-Poulmic. This resulted in the safe rescue of all 19 crew members, using two rotations to and from the Lann-Bihoué naval air base which is located 8km north west of Lorient.
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NH90 NFH in
Aéronautique Navale 
