Rescue crews scrambled to vessel
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A major rescue operation is launched off the west of Scotland to assist the crew of a German cargo ship.
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Lifeboat crews saved the lives of three people after a pleasure boat went down off Whitby.   The former fishing vessel Iled'yeu hit motor tanker Dutch Progress four miles off the town soon after 10pm last night.   It quickly took in water from a damaged bough and began to sink.
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A coastal rescue team saved 34 passengers and two crew from a ferry in Devon that broke free of its guide cables in bad weather and began drifting out to sea, the coastguard said.
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Rescue workers are rushing relief aid to tens of thousands of wet and hungry survivors, as heavy equipment moves in to clear debris from two storms that are feared to have claimed 1,100 lives in the northern Philippines.
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Fire crews in Powys use a boat to rescue those stranded, as flooding causes yet more disruption.
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A Canadian submarine is being rescued by the UK Navy after it caught fire off the coast of Ireland, days after it was delivered for service.
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A major rescue effort has been launched off the coast of Ireland after a Canadian submarine sent a distress signal for assistance from the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday.
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French and Spanish rescue aircraft and boats went to the assistance of a cruise ship limping in the Mediterranean with more than 700 people aboard Monday after a storm knocked out its engines, maritime ...
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 40 people from a 175-foot research vessel Friday evening after receiving a distress call, authorities said.
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Coastguard ships rush to aid of German container vessel stranded in Dover Strait
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A major rescue operation begins after a yacht capsizes in the English Channel, with one crew member still missing.
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Rescue operation under way after trawler fire leaves 23 crew members stranded without power.
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Rescue teams scale down the sea and air search for a boy missing since he and a friend capsized in a rowing boat.
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Wild weather was tonight hampering an operation involving British forces to rescue a Canadian submarine. Five British vessels are en-route to the stricken HMCS
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French and Spanish rescue aircraft and boats went to the assistance of a cruise ship limping in the Mediterranean with more than 700 people aboard Monday after a storm knocked out its engines, maritime officials said.
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Police and coastguard are conducting an operation in the North Sea to evacuate more than 500 people from an oil rig after a security alert, media said Sunday.
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Rescuers searched Saturday for 25 missing crewmen from a freighter and fishing boat that both ran aground in choppy waters, officials said.