Possible MOB in English Channel

[Timsen]

No, as you can read in the French report, the ship was built in 1965 as a harbor tug and was then used in Sweden. Recently, the ship was based in Gibraltar, where a company had bought it 2009 for wreck search. Philip Berriman was captain until 2010. The boat was sold two months ago after having been put up for sale on E-bay for 33,000 pounds (

[BobS]

Kelvin: The vessel you mention is AQUARIUS I. The one that sank was just AQUARIUS.

[victor radio74]

The press report quoted by Michael Floch is definitive. I only can add that it seems  Aquarius had not AIS on board ,so no ais records of her stage at A Coru

[Timsen]

Another report with a photo of the sunken boat:
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24652

[davidships]

For the record, AQUARIUS was ex-FROST ex-SILJAN 1 (SILJAN I?)

http://www.tugboatlars.se/Siljan1.htm