Beached grounded wreck of Banff Fishing Vessel boat BF 380 aground on rocks at Cairnbulg Point Fraserburgh, North East Scotland.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Sovereign, a 26-metre Banff registered fishing vessel went aground east of Fraserburgh with five people aboard. The initial alarm was raised by the vessel to the Fraserburgh Harbour Authority who in turn called Aberdeen Coastguard. The Sovereign went aground near Cairnbulg Point two miles east of Fraserburgh when homeward bound after fishing. Hector Sutherland, Watch Officer at Aberdeen Coastguard, says: "Due to the heavy swell after recent gales we decided in consultation with the lifeboat it would be safer to airlift the five casualties from their vessel. Rescue helicopter 137 from RAF Lossiemouth was scrambled and took all five casualties to a prepared landing site ashore at Cairnbulg.
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Location: Fraserburgh beach, Scotland , UK
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