Tag Archives: F/V Elegance
Fishing boat runs aground on the Tyne – Updated: Towed to Safety
A fishing boat which ran aground heading out of the Tyne has had to wait for high tide to be rescued. UPDATE: Fishing boat stranded on the Tyne after running aground towed to safety – >click to read< The Tynemouth RNLI lifeboats were launched early on Friday after a fishing vessel ran aground on the Black Middens, hazardous rocks inside the Tyne harbour. The skipper of the 20m, 163-tonne vessel radioed for assistance after experiencing a gearbox failure while sailing out of the harbour, leaving him unable to avoid the rocks. >click to read here< ,,, and >here< 11:26
Fishermen in Co Down tell of shock after finding human remains in fishing nets
Police are working to identify a man whose body was recovered in fishing nets. The individual, who was wearing blue over-alls, was discovered in a prawn haul at 11pm on Monday. Skipper Alan Carson was one day into a five-day trip when his crew alerted him to the gruesome find,,, His trawler The Elegance, which is based in Portavogie, Co Down was in Northern Irish waters off the coast of The Isle of Man.,,, >click to read<10:33
