Shortly before midnight on 21 May 2020, an Emergency Position Indicting Radio Beacon (EPIRB) alert was received for the UK registered Vancouver 34 yacht Helena, believed to be in an area 513 nautical miles south west of Lizard Point in Cornwall.
The lone yachtsman was rescued more than 500-miles off the coast of Cornwall in an international operation involving HM Coastguard, a French maritime patrol aircraft, the RAF and a re-directed supertanker.
See dramatic photos of the rescue here:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8352149/Supertanker-saves-British-yachtsman.html
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/stricken-yachtsman-rescued-supertanker-500-4160532