Shipwreck in the North Sea. On board were Poles – Money.pl

2015-01-04 7:14

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The ship rolled over and began to sink so fast that not even wysłaćsygnału zdążono Mayday – experts. [Photo: PAP / EPA]

North of Scotland sank a small ship designed to transport cement . According to the owner an eight-person crew, which is considered to be lost, representing 7 Poles and Filipino. Rescue action after an overnight fast, has now resumed.

[Update time 10:26]

Ship Cemfjord sailed with a cargo of cement from Aalborg in Denmark to the port Runcorn, Cheshire, UK. The last time a vessel flying the Cypriot flag was seen on Friday, approx. H. 13.30 local time. At sea prevailed then very bad weather conditions.

According to British media, until Saturday approx. H. 14.30 local time, the crew of the shuttle Hossey said in a strait Pentland Firth, between the north-east Scotland and Orkney, approx. 15 nautical miles northeast of the small port of Wick, overturned wreck, whose bow remained above the surface water. Nearby not noticed rafts or lifeboats. Ferry crew alerted the emergency services.

The shipowner Brise Hamburg Gmbh Shiffahrts reported that the ship’s crew consisted of 7 Poles and Filipino. The information was confirmed by the Polish consulate in Edinburgh. Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski said that Polish diplomatic verify that on board cementowca that sank off the coast of Scotland were Polish citizens, and what is their fate .

According to the owner, who employs many Polish sailors of the ship’s crew is not received emergency signals. In the area there was then a very bad storm weather, which persists.

Tony Reding, a spokesman for the British shipowner, companies Brise Schiffahrt Hamburg said that helicopters involved in the action.

– is a rescue helicopter from Shetland Coastguard and the Royal Air Force Helicopter Search and Rescue from RAF Lossiemouth. The campaign also resume exploration of the four lifeboats databases – Reding said.

Yesterday, the action was similar, but without any result, and because of maturing dark evening was interrupted. In the area of ​​the crash remained tug Hercules , which illuminates the place of tragedy and warned passing ships.

The action is coordinated with Shetland. Probably wreck on Sunday will be towed to the port of Wick.

We feared the worst, but will continue to work as long as you can, using all the means at our disposal – ITV said Susan Todd Rescue Agency Maritime and Coast Guard.

For some time, we look for people in the water and lifeboats on board in the hope that someone managed to take refuge in them – she said.

According to experts, to overturn the ship, combined with the fact that there were no calls for help can attest to the fact that the ship rolled over and began to sink so suddenly and quickly that it zdążono with his deck to send a Mayday signal. Due to the fact that the search and rescue action began only after encountering wreck, probably failed as automatic actuation systems transmit this signal.

With more 83 meters in length Cemfjord , with a displacement t in 2301, was built 30 years ago as a universal vessel for the carriage of goods. In 1998. It was rebuilt and adapted for transporting cement.

As reported British daily The Independent in its online edition, Cemfjord is already behind dangerous accident. In July last year. R. Aground near the island of Læsø, off the northern coast of Denmark. It concluded that the 57-year-old Russian master of the vessel at the time of the accident was drunk.

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