Model Boat Mayhem

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Title: Tug capsize in Thames
Post by: pettyofficernick on August 12, 2011, 01:00:30 pm

11 am,Two tugs have collided near Greenwich Pier, one of them , The Chieftain, has capsized and sunk, with one crew member missing. Thames closed around Greenwich while a search is carried out. BBC News, just now. Hope they find the missing bloke and he's ok.

Title: Re: Tug capsize in Thames
Post by: dpbarry on August 12, 2011, 01:27:21 pm

Quote from: pettyofficernick on August 12, 2011, 01:00:30 pm

11 am,Two tugs have collided near Greenwich Pier, one of them , The Chieftain, has capsized and sunk, with one crew member missing. Thames closed around Greenwich while a search is carried out. BBC News, just now. Hope they find the missing bloke and he's ok.

Just watching it on Sky News.  Its sad. I do hope they find the person. As ex-coastguard and hopefully soon to be RNLI crew, I know what it is like to carry out these types of searches and what it does to the family(ies) irrespective of the outcome

Declan

Title: Re: Tug capsize in Thames
Post by: baloo on August 13, 2011, 07:07:16 am

Just reading about the tug that sank on the thames,possibly another sad loss of life as rescue attemps were called off early this morning.Lets hope they find the missing person(hopefully alive)