Impi yokulwa nokuphanga ithuthukiswe namuhla njengoba uKhomishana Omkhulu waseBrithani u-Matthew Forbes enikeza ngokusemthethweni isikebhe sokuqapha, i-"The Fortune," isipho esivela kuhulumeni wase-UK, kuLt. Colonel Michael Rosette weSeychelles Coast Guard endaweni yabo eBois. de Roses.
Isikebhe esasiphethwe yiRoyal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), lesi sikebhe sathengwa Ihhovisi lase-UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office futhi sanikelwa eSeychelles ngemva kwesicelo sosizo. Yathuthwa yayiswa eVictoria ngomkhumbi we-UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Diligence.
Manje iNhlanhla izoba yingxenye ebalulekile yemisebenzi yonogada basoGwini, ifake isandla ekuzuzweni kwayo kwesikhashana, okulwa nokugcweleza eziqhingini ezingaphakathi, kanye nemisebenzi yokusesha nokuhlenga kanye nokuphoqelela ukusebenza kwezindawo zokudoba.
I-47-foot, i-Tyne class lifeboat, njengayo yonke imikhumbi ye-RNLI, iyakwazi "ukuzenzela kahle" ngemizuzwana eyisikhombisa nje uma igingqika, isiza ukuvikela amadoda nabesifazane baseSeychelles Coast Guard abasebenza kanzima ukuze baqaphe lezi zigwini.
Enikeza “Inhlanhla,” uKhomishana Omkhulu WaseBrithani, uMatthew Forbes wathi:
“Siyazi, futhi siyabonga, ukuthi uhulumeni waseSeychelles kanye ne-Coast Guard bazimisele kangakanani ukuvikela iSeychelles ekusongelweni kobugebengu, futhi siyalijabulela leli thuba lokukhombisa ukweseka kwethu ngokunikela 'Ngenhlanhla.' Ukubhekana nobugebengu kusalokhu kukhathaza hhayi nje i-Seychelles kodwa nesifunda sase-Indian Ocean kanye nomphakathi obanzi wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngesikhathi saso ne-RNLI, lesi sikebhe sasiza ukusindisa ukuphila kwabantu abangu-133; Ngiyethemba ukuthi izoqhubeka nokuba yinkonzo enhle kangaka eSeychelles.”
Emcimbini bekukhona noNgqongqoshe uJean Paul Adam noJoel Morgan, izinhloko ze-EU Diplomatic Missions, amalungu eKomidi Lezinga Eliphakeme Lezobugebengu kanye nabamele i-EUNAVFOR, iziphathimandla zamachweba kanye ne-UK, French, Indian, kanye namaPutukezi. ezempi.
Emukela lesi sipho egameni le-Seychelles, uLt. Colonel Michael Rosette weSeychelles Coast Guard uthe: “Nakuba unogada baseSeychelles Coast bebambe iqhaza elikhulu ekulweni nokuqolwa kwempahla etholakalayo, lesi sikebhe, esiqanjwe ngokuthi “PB Fortune,” izosetshenziswa emathafeni ase-Mahe ukwenza imisebenzi yokusesha nokuhlenga, ukugada okulwa nokugcweleza, kanye neminye imisebenzi enjalo futhi izophinde ibe negalelo emizamweni yethu eqhubekayo yokulwa nobugebengu esifundeni. "
Unjiniyela we-RNLI Station (Salcombe), u-Andy Harris, obenakekela isikebhe phakathi kuka-1988 kuze kube ngu-2007, naye ubeseSeychelles esiza iSeychelles Coast Guard ukuqinisekisa ukuthi sisesimweni esingcono kakhulu semisebenzi yaso yesikhathi esizayo. Uzodlulisa ukugcinwa kwe "The Fortune" kuLt. Alex Ferrep wesibili ozolawula isikebhe.
