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Posted 18 May 2012 - 11:44 AM

CREEL BOAT PURBECK ISLE WITH THREE CREW MISSING. CORNWALL.SINCE YESTERDAY.

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 09:41 AM

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A wreck found on the seabed off the Dorset coast has been identified as the missing Purbeck Isle fishing vessel.
Survey ship Odyssey Explorer discovered the wreck lying 10 miles off Portland at a depth of 50m.

Lifeboats are searching for two missing fishermen after the body of one of the three crewman was found at sea on Friday evening.

Dorset Police have confirmed the man who died was David McFarlane, 35, who worked on board the crabber.

Coastguards began an extensive search after the vessel was reported missing at about 18:00 BST on Thursday.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it had received no communication from the crew before the boat disappeared.

'Popular lads'
The search effort, which had involved a coastguard helicopter, lifeboats, a Royal Navy Destroyer and a US Navy supply vessel, was centred on a 10-mile area off the coast of Portland Bill.

Andy Alcock, 59, secretary of the Weymouth and Portland Fisherman and Licensed Boatman Association, said local fishermen had tried phoning the men's mobile phones.

"The lads had tried to phone the vessel and got just cut off lines, all three mobile phones just cut off, which is never a good sign," he said.

All three men had worked on other vessels in the harbour and were "popular lads", said Mr Alcock.

In January 2011 the then crew of the Purbeck Isle had to be airlifted to safety when the boat began taking on water.

It is understood the vessel was then given a major refit.

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 03:43 PM

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The search for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast has been called off, after a life-raft was found on-board the wreck of their boat.
Coastguards were working on the possibility that the remaining two missing crew members from Purbeck Isle could have taken to the on-board raft.

The body of one of its three crewmen was found on Friday evening.

Dorset Police have confirmed the man who died was David McFarlane, 34, the skipper of the crabber.

Survey ship Odyssey Explorer discovered the wreck lying 10 miles off Portland at a depth of 50m.

'Time now passed'
Coastguards began an extensive search after the vessel was reported missing from Weymouth at about 18:00 BST on Thursday.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it had received no communication from the crew before the boat disappeared.

The agency said a Remotely Operated Vehicle on-board Odyssey Explorer had entered an area of the fishing boat and found the life-raft.

Mark Rodaway, of Portland Coastguard, said: "After a prolonged and extensive three-day search, sadly, the time has now passed when we could have hoped that the two remaining crew members from the Purbeck Isle would be found alive.

"Our thoughts are with the families of all three crewmen at this difficult time."

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