They rescued the 14 crew members of a ship that sank fifteen kilometers from the port of Pasaia

The fishing boat with the French flag Mary Queen Motherwith base and shipowner in the Galician port of Burela, has sunk eventually when the maneuvers to restore it to buoyancy failed, as reported by the central government’s delegate in Euskadi, Denis Itxaso.

The fishing vessel María Reina Madre from the port of Burela, in Galicia, was due to undergo an inspection at the port of Gipuzkoa before continuing fishing in French waters.

However, nine miles north of San Sebastián, the ship suffered a leak that flooded the engine room, forcing it to be evacuated “in just 38 minutes after the first report received at the emergency coordination center.” the morning,” as Itxaso explained.

Itxaso has indicated that the Maritime Captaincy attempted to tow the ship as it was pushed towards French jurisdictional waters by the southerly wind. However, he confirmed that the ship ultimately sank “because the maneuvers to regain buoyancy had not been successful.”

Crew rescue

The 14 crew members from the fishing boat saved this morning after his boat was started sinking off the coast of Pasaia.

The message arrived at 8:57 a.m. at the Bilbao Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, which received the call from ‘Mary Queen Mother’ in which he reported that he had a water leak that he could not control.

Maritime Rescue instructed them to put on life jackets and mobilized its boat ‘Salvamar Orion’ and the Helimer 211 helicopter, in addition to contacting the fishing boat ‘Castillo anaiak’ which was close to the French vessel.

At 09:12, the skipper of the stricken boat reported that the 13 crew members had left the fishing vessel and were in a life raft, while he remained on board until the arrival of the rescue vessel.

The ‘Salvamar Orion’ He reached the place at 9:35 am and rescued the 13 crew members, in good condition, then went to the ‘María Reina Madre’ to help the skipper.

The ship had a “large list to starboard and the machine was swamped,” Salvamento Marítimo said in a statement.

The Guardia Civil patrol boat ‘Río Sella’ has been working on site, “monitoring the situation” and the maritime rescue ship ‘María de Maeztu’ has been mobilized to try to tow the damaged vessel.

This is the ship ‘María Reina Madre’, built in 1987, with the French flag and a length of 25 meters, which started to sink while working fifteen kilometers outside the port of Pasaia.