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Title: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: brimar on April 23, 2012, 09:29:01 AM

Several vessels appear to be in search pattern approx 54 miles SSE of Lizard Point . . 

VESSELS INVOLVED . . SAGA PEARL IMO 8000214
                     ANDREA DAMITO IMO 9464508
                     LIESEL ESSBERGER IMO 9272761
                     JO ACER IMO 9272668
 

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Tore Hettervik on April 23, 2012, 11:02:46 AM

Anything new in this case Brimar.

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: brimar on April 23, 2012, 11:37:41 AM

Still Status Quo! at 1230bst All 4 vessels still seem to be in search pattern at around 4/5 knots . . .you can watch on:-  www.marinetraffic.com

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Tore Hettervik on April 23, 2012, 12:10:25 PM

Okey,and thanks.

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Michel FLOCH on April 23, 2012, 12:57:24 PM

Hi,

I have just had the information by one of my friends journalist.
A tug (British what it seems) named AQUARIUS who sank in the NNW of Ushant. The crew was winched up except one reported missing.
I find only two tug boat Brazilians of this name and no British.
Somebody has a photo of this tug.

Regards

Michel

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Michel FLOCH on April 23, 2012, 01:25:54 PM

Last infos !

- http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Un-remorqueur-coule-au-nord-d-Ouessant-un-marin-porte-disparu_6346-2069569-fils-tous_filDMA.Htm

- http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/actualite/communiques/2012/4/23.html

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Steve Geronazzo on April 23, 2012, 05:15:02 PM

Pictures of rescue :

http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/galeries/Aquarius (http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/galeries/Aquarius)

Steve

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: brimar on April 23, 2012, 05:23:36 PM

Still not sure what vessel went down!. . .(sorry did'nt take French at school) . . can any one help please.
                  So sad if there was loss of life.

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: brimar on April 23, 2012, 05:54:15 PM

Just now heard a report with film on 'BBC WESTCOUNTRY NEWS' of the French rescue operation of the tug AQUARIUS.
                    The vessel was enroute from La Corunna to Plymouth which now saddens me even more to hear that all crew where from the Plymouth area where I work for a local Boat company. A French Coastguard Aircraft will still search for the missing crew member until dusk . . .Just hope that he is found my thoughts are with his family.

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Rick Vince on April 23, 2012, 06:18:04 PM

A BBC report is here:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-17815679
but even with the extra info I cannot identify the vessel.
Anybody else?
Regards, Rick

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Michel FLOCH on April 24, 2012, 07:00:34 AM

The today last news and a photo of Aquarius

http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/actuLocale_-Naufrage-de-l-Aquarius-le-marin-n-a-pas-ete-retrouve_40779-2069812------29019-aud_actu.Htm

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: brimar on April 24, 2012, 07:38:59 AM

Thanks for posting photo Michel,a small vessel out in such terrible conditions,so so sad.

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Kelvin Davies on April 24, 2012, 07:41:03 AM

Is it perhaps this one:
Aquarius I 586 grt; built 1969. Current flag and owner unknown (Sold to undisclosed interests)
Sorry; forgot the IMO: 7519658

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Phil English on April 24, 2012, 07:59:25 AM

According to the French link posted by Michel yesterday, the vessel is only 20 metres long. As such, she will be under 100 gt, not have an IMO number, nor appear in registers. The photo link from Michel also confirms that she is a very small vessel.

Brgds
Phil

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Allan RO on April 24, 2012, 08:03:01 AM

Hi Kelvin

Probably not, the French report says she is around 20m., which means she may well be too small for an IMO number, which is why she can't be found in any databases like Equasis.

Allan

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Timsen on April 24, 2012, 08:04:14 AM

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 (

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: BobS on April 24, 2012, 08:09:00 AM

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

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: victor radio74 on April 24, 2012, 08:54:43 AM

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

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: Timsen on April 24, 2012, 08:20:43 PM

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

Title: Re: Possible MOB in English Channel
Post by: davidships on May 02, 2012, 12:46:51 PM

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

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