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8:57 CAT | 29 Jul 2019
On Saturday morning NSRI Richards Bay were informed that the wreck had beached on Friday evening along the shore in the vicinity of Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique. Picture: @NSRI
On Friday morning, 26th July, South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) reports, the NSRI Richards Bay were notified by a dive charter crew reporting to have come across an unidentified fishing trawler afloat in the capsized position approximately 10 nautical miles off-shore between Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique, and Kosi Bay, South Africa.
Divers had dived on the wreck and found no identification on the trawler which appears to have been afloat in the capsized position estimated for a long time due to the dilapidated state of the wreck.
The South African and Mozambique MRCC’s (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) were informed for Telkom Maritime Radio Services to broadcast a maritime navigational hazard alert.
On Saturday morning NSRI Richards Bay were informed that the wreck had beached on Friday evening along the shore in the vicinity of Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique, and MRCC South Africa was notified by the NSRI Emergency Operations Centre and NSRI Richards Bay were informed that MRCC Mozambique had been alerted and Mozambique Maritime authorities had been on the scene on Friday evening to investigate the wreck.
The origin or the identity of the trawler remain unknown.
NSRI were notified by a dive charter crew reporting to have come across an unidentified capsized fishing trawler approximately 10 nautical miles off-shore between Ponto do Ouro, Mozambique, and Kosi Bay, South Africa. https://t.co/i3aqWUojhO
— NSRI (@NSRI) July 28, 2019
Source: Sea Rescue South Africa / nsri.org.za
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