COASTGUARD
NEWS - WESTERN REGION
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Western 053/00 19 February 2001 LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD ALERTED TO COLLISION Liverpool Coastguard received a call on VHF Channel 16 at just before 7.00 a.m. on 18 February 2001 following a collision between two fishing vessel 10 miles south east of Langness Point on the Isle of Man.The two vessels involved, `Cardea PL 88’, a 15.5 metre scallop trawler, and `Ocean Hunter PL96’, who both sail out of Peel on the Isle of Man, were in collision in thick fog, and the `Cardea’ sank immediately. The two crew from the `Cardea’ were rescued from the water by the crew of the ‘Ocean Hunter’ and returned to Douglas. No injuries were reported, and the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) was recovered from the water and deactivated after floating free from the sunken fishing vessel and it began emitting a distress signal. Steve Cross, Watch Manager at Liverpool Coastguard said, " As the incident occurred so quickly there was no time to get any rescue assets out to the men in the water before they were recovered to the `Ocean Hunter’ by that vessel’s two crew immediately following the incident in thick fog. " The crew also recovered what debris they could before beginning to proceed back to the Isle of Man. We have now informed the UK Hydrographic Office of the site of the wreck and also the Marine Accident Investigation Branch. It is expected the `Ocean Hunter’ will arrive back in Douglas at about 8:30 a.m. this morning (18 February)." |
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