Recruits learn to sink or swim in choppy waters

A luxury cruise ship was evacuated safely yesterday after striking a massive iceberg in the North Atlantic.

And oil rig workers escaped without injury after the helicopter transporting them to an offshore rig was forced to ditch in stormy conditions.

The dramatic incidents were played out as part of two training exercises at the National Maritime College of Ireland’s state-of-the-art training facilities in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.