It was a twin in MCA livery that they use for pollution control and the 2 guys did an excellent job, especially considering it was their first ever SAR job. It was very comforting to have them there, not only to act as comms relay but also to confirm the location of the vessel as we did not have a huge amount of extra fuel to play with (260 Nm out from Castletown Bere and 290nm to Shannon).
Oh, and I've been told not to mention the Nimrod - so I haven't
