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Sea Beast

Sea Beast

Sea Beast 1

On May 3, the 52 foot long fishing vessel Sea Beast  capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the entrance to Quillayute River, Washington. The Sea Beast had sent out a distress call when the crew discovered the vessel was taking on water. Three crewmen were able to abandon ship into the vessel’s life raft, but the master of the Sea Beast was lost when the vessel capsized. A Coast Guard helicopter arrived on scene and rescued the 3 crew from the life raft.  Authorities state the Sea Beast sank within the Olympic Marine Sanctuary with some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel still on board.


Oleg Naydenov

Oleg Naydenov

Oleg Naydenov

On April 11, the 136 meter long, 3372 dwt factory fishing vessel Oleg Naydenov caught fire while berthed in Reina Sofia, Las Palmas, Canary Islands. The fire started in a boiler in the engine room while the vessel was preparing to leave for Mauritania. Local firefighters initially brought the fire under control, but were not able to fully extinguish the blaze.  Authorities decided to tow the Oleg Naydenov out of the port fearing the trawler could explode damaging other vessels in the port. A salvage vessel and tug towed the Oleg Naydenov 30 miles east of Gran Cararia.  Hoping the fire would burn itself out, the Oleg Naydenov was left adrift off the island.  However, the fire intensity damaged the hull and the Oleg Naydenov sank on April 14 in 2400 meters of water some 15 miles off the coast of Maspalomas, Gran Canaria. No reports of injuries. The Oleg Naydenov had some 1400 tons of fuel on board at the time of the fire. Authorities hope most of the fuel burned in the fire, but some was still on board when it sank.

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Dalniy Vostok

Dalniy Vostok

Dalniy Vostok
Photo: shipspotting.com

The 103 meter long, 10718 dwt  reefer fishing vessel Dalniy Vostok sank in the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The trawler was fishing with 132 persons on board when it was struck by an ice flow holing the vessel. The engine room was quickly flooded by water ingress. Without power, the vessel sank within 15 minutes. The Dalniy Vostok was able to send out a distress call with several vessels in the area responding. Some 63 persons were reported rescued, but another 54 crew perished in the freezing waters.

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