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'Wargs' has already joined the canine team and will be an additional asset in search and rescue operations carried out by this entity based in Northern Portugal.
The Navy's oldest combat vessel enters a decommissioning state.
The Maritime Authority also says searches will resume tomorrow morning and that the Maritime Police's Psychology Unit is providing support to the victim's family.
Early on Saturday afternoon the Porto Firefighters received an alert about a small boat that was reported to have capsized.
A boat sank on Saturday afternoon on the Douro River beside the Freixo Bridge. One of the crew is missing, CNN Portugal reporter Sofia Fernandes, who is at the scene, reports. The small recreational vessel went down alongside the Ponte do Freixo in Campanhã, Porto, a source at the Sub-Regional Command for Emergency and Civil Protection of the Porto Metropolitan Area told Lusa. According to the same source, the alert indicated two people were on board and that one had managed to swim to the river bank. A source from the Sapadores do Porto (Porto municipal firefighters) told Lusa that one person who had been on the vessel was rescued and is receiving assistance at the scene, and that a team is conducting searches to establish whether there was indeed a second person on board. The alert was raised at 15:11, according to the Civil Protection website. The Maritime Police, Sapadores do Porto, INEM (National Institute of Medical Emergency) and the Porto Volunteer Fire Brigade are at the scene.
A small boat sank close to the Freixo Bridge in Campanhã, Porto. One person was recovered and searches are underway for another possible victim.
There were two people on board. One has already been rescued and the other is missing.
Authorities are on site carrying out diving search operations in an attempt to locate the victim.
Authorities are searching for a woman believed to have been swept away by strong currents after falling into the Arade River in Silves this Tuesday morning. The search is being The post Searches underway for woman swept away by river current in Silves appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Home News Portuguese Navy rescued 589 people in 2025 Portuguese Navy rescued 589 people in 2025 The Portuguese Navy carried out 511 search and rescue operations in 2025, in which 589 people were saved, the institution announced on its website.
According to the National Maritime Authority, the search, which is underway near the São Miguel Arcanjo lighthouse in Nazaré, began following an alert from the PSP at 08:50.
In 2025 the Air Force performed 5% more rescues and salvage operations.
The Air Force announced today that it directly supported 931 people last year through air medical transports, rescues and search-and-rescue missions, saying the figure represents a 5% increase compared with 2024.
