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Rose-Noëlle

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Rose-Noëlle
History
Name: Rose-Noëlle
Route: Picton to Tonga
Fate: Capsized at 6am on June 4, 1989 by a rogue wave, drifted for 119 days and sank at Little Waterfall Bay
General characteristics
Type: Trimaran
Tonnage: 6.5 tons
Length: 12.6 m

Rose-Noëlle was a trimaran that capsized at 6 a.m. on June 4, 1989 in the southern Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand.[1][2] Four men (John Glennie, James Nalepka, Rick Hellriegel and Phil Hoffman) survived adrift on the wreckage of the ship for 119 days.

Landing place of the Rose-Noëlle at Little Waterfall Bay Great Barrier Island, New Zealand

Dramatization

Their story is told in the 2015 New Zealand television film Abandoned starring Dominic Purcell and Peter Feeney, along with Owen Black and Greg Johnson. It was directed by John Laing.[3]

Actors

  • Dominic Purcell as James Nalepka
  • Peter Feeney as John Glennie - Owner of Rose Noelle
  • Owen Black as Rick Hellriegel
  • Greg Johnson as Phil Hoffman
  • Siobhan Marshall as Martha
  • Daniel Cleary as Laing
  • Serena Cotton as Heather
  • Rachel Nash as Karen Hoffman

See also

  • Steven Callahan, survived 76 days adrift in the Atlantic.
  • Dougal Robertson, survived 38 days adrift in the Pacific.
  • Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, survived 117 days adrift in the Pacific.
  • Poon Lim, who survived for 133 days adrift in the Atlantic.
  • José Salvador Alvarenga, who survived 438 days adrift in the Pacific.
  • Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station (EPIRB)

References

  1. ^ Phare, Jane (2009-09-30). "Lost at sea: The Rose-Noelle story". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  2. ^ "119 days lost at sea - YBW". YBW. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  3. ^ Purcell, Dominic; Feeney, Peter; Black, Owen; Johnson, Greg (2015-08-30), Abandoned, retrieved 2017-02-20

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