44ft Motor Lifeboats
Mayday "Sly Dog" - Azores / Faial Island 16th September 2009
Lone navigator after 32 days of Atlantic crossing, with little water, food, broken sails, damaged engine and with a small leak after a collision with a whale, asks for help. ESV Horta accompanies arrival at the marina of Horta.

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ESV Leixões UAM 673 "Joaquim Casaca"
Training off the garrison of the Salva Vidas Station of Leixões aboard the Salva Vidas UAM 673 "Joaquim Casaca".

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Portuguese Life Boat "Joaquim Casaca"
Portuguese lifeboat "Joaquim Casaca" (Waveney class) during a training session on the 21st January 2009 from the Leixões lifeboat station.

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