Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) was alerted by the Coastguard at 0733 on Wednesday morning (15 November) after a fishing vessel was stranded in Portsmouth Harbour and one of the two fishermen was without his medication for an existing condition.

GAFIRS was soon on the scene in the harbour where one of the service’s volunteer paramedic-trained lifeboat crewmen could assess the fisherman.

GAFIRS senior helm Brian Pack said: “We soon located the vessel in the Harbour – thanks to its very distinctive colours. Our paramedic crewmen checked one of them over and when it was confirmed they were both safe and well, we towed their vessel back to Gosport.”

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GAFIRS tow 39ft yacht to safety after it suffers engine failure near Osborne Bay

GAFIRS lifeboat crew assisted a yacht that had suffered engine failure and snagged its anchor in the Solent

GAFIRS tow fishing vessel back to safety

Rescuers were launched to assist a stricken fisherman in The Solent in the early hours of Saturday morning (November 4)

Man assisted by passing yacht and GAFIRS after jet ski sinks off Lee-on-the-Solent

The 48-year-old man was pulled on board a passing yacht before GAFIRS towed the sinking jet ski

GAFIRS lifeboat towed the 19ft fishing vessel to Gosport Marina where crew helped get the craft going. Once running again, the boat was soon on its way back to its home berth at Stamshaw. GAFIRS lifeboat escorted them partly along the way until they assessed the craft no longer needed assistance.

The rescue, which lasted two hours, was the 90^th of the year for GAFIRS.