The crew of a fishing boat have been rescued from a life raft after their vessel ran aground in Aberdeenshire.
The dramatic incident passed off at round 5.50am on Monday October 24 when Fraserburgh RNLI had been alerted to The Ocean Maid BA55 having acquired into problem at Cairnbulg Level.
The all-weather lifeboat raced to the scene shortly after 6am and Coastguard groups from Peterhead and Fraserburgh additionally scrambled to the scene, making for a hefty operation, experiences AberdeenLive.
It's understood the stricken vessel went aground at a infamous black spot which has seen many ships wrecked over time and simply yards from the place one other boat, the Sovereign, went aground in 2005.
Pictures taken on the web site, which had been shared on social media, present the ship utterly submerged in the dead of night, uneven waters, having flipped on its aspect. Its contents look like spilling out in to sea.
Footage additionally exhibits waves crashing over the sinking smash because it floats aimlessly close to a physique of rock. Fortunately, all 4 crew members had been hauled to security, having deserted their boat for a life raft once they sensed hazard.
The fishermen had been taken to Fraserburgh the place they had been handed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service to be checked over. They're mentioned to be protected and properly, and usually are not believed to have been severely injured.
Within the meantime, the coastguard mentioned the groups are monitoring the vessel, which seems to be sinking, with no indicators of any air pollution.
A spokesperson for RNLI Fraserburgh Lifeboat mentioned: "We had been requested to launch by HM Coastguard this morning and responded at 5:56am to a fishing boat that had run aground beside Cairnbulg Beacon.’
"The boat’s crew of 4 took to a life raft and had been then picked up by the lifeboat who introduced them ashore.
"This morning’s lifeboat crew had been Reduction Coxswain Ethan Harris, Mechanic Declan Sutherland, Jordan Morrice, Stephen Brown, Grant Morrison, Shane Richardson, Stuart Ross, Mark Ritchie, David Sutherland."
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