17 March 2026
By Tom Collins
tom@TheCork.ie
The Coast Guard have completed the urgent medical evacuation of a crew member from a container ship, the Eagle 2, which was 110 nautical miles south west of Castletownbere, Co. Cork. The medevac took place earlier today at 4.30pm.
Valentia Coast Guard coordinated the medevac tasking the Coast Guard helicopter R115 and fixed-wing R120F. Sea conditions were reported as challenging. The casualty was transferred to the National Ambulance Service just before 6pm.
According to vesselfinder.com, Eagle II (as it refers to it), was enroute to the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is a Container Ship built in 2006 (20 years old) sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands.