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Fishing boat worth £300,000 is scrapped after Britain’s youngest captain smashed it into rocks
A ship skippered by Britain’s youngest fishing boat captain has been broken up for scrap after the teenager smashed the £300,000 vessel into rocks. Jake Bowman-Davies, 17, lost his way in the dark and ran aground after a two-day fishing trip in the Irish Sea. His father, Tim Bowman-Davies, 42, hoped to save the valuable boat, the second one Jake has lost this year. But it was written off by salvage experts and ended up in several pieces on a beach at Angle, Pembrokeshire. Read the rest here 08:18
