On Thursday, 2 January the Danish tug Susanne A became separated from the partially completed Vermontborg, a 136m long cargo vessel in tow to the Netherlands from a shipyard in Romania. Attempts by the Susanne A (formerly the British tug Sun Essex) to re-establish a towing connection failed and the tug was partially disabled with a rope in its propeller. Anglian Prince, on station off the coast of Cornwall, attempted to retrieve the new vessel but in winds reaching Force 9-10 could not make a towing connection on the unmanned hull. Vermontborg was driven ashore in a rocky reef near the island of Le Lihou on Guernsey sustaining serious bottom damage. After a number of attempts a salvage team from Smit and Klyne Tugs refloated the hull under a joint Lloyds Open Form agreement on the 18 January.

Anglian Prince was replaced on the job by the shallower draft tugs Lady Laura from Klyne and Boxer from Smit associate URS of Belgium.

On the 20th of the month as Vermontborg was safely on route to Harlingen, Anglian Prince was engaged in the rescue of the Polish tug Koral and it's tow, the hull of a new 94m offshore supply vessel Stril Pioneer after the vessels became disabled in heavy weather in the English Channel. Koral's towline parted in high winds 22 miles off the Dorset coast and whilst making a new connection using an emergency towline the tug fouled both propellers and became totally disabled. A Coastguard helicopter was put on standby and Anglian Prince, went immediately to the casualty which had drifted to within 1 1/2miles of the coast in Poole Bay.

After making a towing connection in difficult conditions the 16,000hp tug took both vessels in tow and delivered them safely to a berth in Portland the following afternoon. It is understood that Koral, operated by the Polish Ship Salvage Company, was towing the new hull from the Black Sea to a shipyard in Norway.