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Offline Riverman2903

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Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« on: January 14, 2017, 11:49:16 AM »
No name of ship given, perhaps they want to contact relatives before releasing more details? 90m might suggest something short sea/coastal but that's just guesswork from me.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-38622179

Seven people have been rescued from life rafts in the sea after abandoning a sinking cargo ship near Kent.

An extensive rescue operation was carried out overnight by search teams after the vessel went down about 35 nautical miles (40 miles) off Ramsgate.

Rescue helicopters, a lifeboat, and Dutch helicopter and several merchant vessels all came to the aid of the sinking vessel.

Coastguards said the crew sent a Mayday alert before abandoning the 90m ship.

Steve Carson, UK coastguard duty commander, said: "The weather has been challenging but we are please to report that all the crew have been rescued and are on their way to hospital," he added.

BBC correspondent Richard Galpin said the crew were not thought to be in a serious condition.

The incident happened in force nine winds and the crew had to take to life rafts in the sea.

Ships nearby managed to reach the stranded crew first. Members were taken on board and airlifted to hospital.

It's not yet clear whether it was the weather or another problem which caused the ship to sink, or whether any cargo was on board.


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Re: Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2017, 12:14:14 PM »
Sunken ship is FLUVIUS TAMAR (IMO 9501708)
Recently renamed from Abis Albufeira.
She was on her first voyage under new name from Delfzijl/Eemshaven to Pasajes.
All 7 crewmembers rescued and on board ferry NORSTREAM.
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Re: Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 03:00:43 PM »
A great shame to hear this news especially given the vessel was on her 1st voyage under new owners.

Do we know any further news on the sinking if it was technical related, failed hatch seal somewhere etc aside from the tough weather conditions?

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Re: Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2017, 03:15:32 PM »
Would she have her original Abis crew on, or would it be a new squad who would not be familiar with
the vessel?
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Re: Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2017, 03:33:00 PM »
Holedrille, new owners would usually indicate a new crew and crewing agreements.
Eventually there will be an MAIB accident report online, so we will be able to see what went wrong.
The rescued crew were incredibly fortunate bearing in mind the weather conditions.

Company website: http://exeshipping.co.uk/mv-fluvius-tamar/
Regards, Rick

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Re: Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2017, 12:40:44 AM »
http://www.pzc.nl/regio/zeeuws-nieuws/kustvaarder-fluvius-tamar-zinkt-alle-opvarenden-gered-video-1.6831071
The video captioned "The following video shows Fluvius Tamar in better times."
Well, different ship too (IMO 9374741).

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Re: Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2017, 09:05:02 PM »
Aye aye Cap'

 

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