Transcend BF 61

Hi Ally

From the Shetland Marine News @ http://www.shetlandm...essel_sinks.htm

Hans J Marter

4 Jun e 2009

FIVE crewmen from the Banff registered fishing vessel Transcend were airlifted to safety after their vessel sank 100 miles northeast of Lerwick in the early hours of this morning.

The crew, three men from the Northeast and two from the Philippines, are all said to be well.

Aberdeen Coastguard was first alerted by 10pm last night when the Transcend started talking in water near the North Cormorant oil field.

Shetland Coastguard was then requested to scramble the search and rescue helicopter 102 to take pumps to the vessel.

By that time three of the five crew members had already been taken to the standby vessel Ocean Ness while the remaining two crew members continued their efforts to save the vessel.

When the helicopter arrived at the scene the Transcend was already waterlogged. The remaining two crew members were also taken to the standby vessel and the Transcend sank at 0.45am.

SAR 102 airlifted all five off the Ocean Ness, refuelled on the nearby Eider platform and arrived back at Sumburgh at 1.25am.

The five fishermen were met by a man from the fishermen's mission who took them to Lerwick for overnight accommodation.

Regards

Steve E.

BAD NEWS ABOUT THE BOAT, BUT GLAD EVERYONE IS SAFE.

BOATS CAN BE REPLACED, LIVES CAN'T.

Yes indeed - wrong vessel linked with the story by the press - the one that was on fire was WK167.

Regards

Steve E.

that's not the same boat steve..

that's not the same boat steve..

Which one - Ally's photograph or the previous incident reported by the BBC?

Regards

Steve E.

Piece of video and interview with Skipper, Neil Robertson on the STV web site @ http://news.stv.tv/s...inking-trawler/

Regards

Steve E.