A tug boat has sunk in the Sound of Kerrera in Argyll and Bute.Crews from HM Coastguard and RNLI Oban Lifeboat Station were alerted to the sinking vessel shortly after 7.30am on Tuesday.
No one was on board at the time.
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The lifeboat searches for debris left in the water following the sinking. Pic: RNLI/Leonie Woolf
The RNLI said the boat went under at its mooring, with a “large amount of flotsam and debris” found around the wreck.The volunteer lifeboat crew recovered the vessel’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to prevent the battery from leaking into the water.
The manager of Kerrera Marina also attended in a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) and helped the team to recover life jackets, life-rings, and as much floating debris as they could.The items were then passed into the care of a coastguard rescue team at Oban Sailing Club.
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A spokesperson for HM Coastguard said: “HM Coastguard was informed at about 7.35am on 3 March of a tug boat having sunk at moorings off Oban.
“An HM Coastguard helicopter was sent as well as Oban Coastguard Rescue Team and an RNLI lifeboat from Oban.”No one was reported missing from the vessel or found to be in distress and after an intensive search the response was stood down, pending any new information.”
