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Cape Dorset

Cape Dorset

Photo: cbc.ca
Photo: cbc.ca

The fishing vessel Cape Dorset sank off Burnin Peninsula, Newfoundland.  The vessel sent out a distress call after it suffered uncontrolled water ingress.  The crew sent out a distress call with the fishing vessel Ivy Rose responding.  All 19 crewmen on the Cape Dorset abandoned ship to the vessel’s life raft and were safely rescued a short time later by the Ivy Rose.  No reports of injuries.

 

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