This afternoon the RAF launched an operation to rescue nineteen sailors from a Spanish trawler in difficulties in a North Atlantic storm. This morning a RAF Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft located the ship adrift 180 miles off the Scottish Western Isles . A nearby tanker, the Aegean Spirit, diverted with the intention of taking the trawler in tow and arrived at 1500 UTC. Category:January 12, 2005 Category:United Kingdom Category:Spain Category:Disasters and accidents Category:Transport Category:Merchant shipping Category: 
This afternoon the launched an operation to rescue nineteen sailors from a Spanish trawler in difficulties in a North storm. This morning a RAF Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft located the ship adrift 180 miles off the . A nearby tanker, the Aegean Spirit, diverted with the intention of taking the trawler in tow and arrived at 1500 UTC. Category:January 12, 2005 Category:United Kingdom Category:Spain Category:Disasters and accidents Category:Transport Category:Merchant shipping Category: Europe Category:Atlantic Ocean Category:Economy and
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