Vessel detained near Rockall was allegedly involved in another confrontation off Scotland

Crew of the LE William Butler Yeats boarding the Spanish vessel detailed last week off Rockall (credit Naval Service)

A German-registered Spanish fishing vessel detained last week by the Naval Service near Rockall had been at the centre of an alleged confrontation off the Scottish coast last month.

The 29-metre Pesorsa Dos was detained by Irish navy patrol ship LÉ William Butler Yeats some 250 miles off Malin Head, Co Donegal for “alleged infringements of EU fishing regulations in Irish waters”.