GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, CMC – The Maritime Administration (MARAD) said the captain and three crew members of a fishing vessel were rescued after it sank approximately 20 miles off the coast of the Pomeroon River on Sunday night.
MARAD said it received the first report of the incident on Monday.
“The success of the rescue operation is credited to the swift response and safety protocols in place,” MARAD said in a statement, adding that the vessel, “Sea Knight,” owned by Pritipaul Singh Investment Inc., went down in the Atlantic, leaving the men adrift.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said that the rescued crew recalled that the vessel began taking in water rapidly due to a “sudden and catastrophic leak”.
“Despite their efforts to contain the flooding, the vessel was quickly overwhelmed and submerged around 20:00 hours,” the GDF said.
It said Captain Monzil Thomas remained afloat using a life ring and was later rescued near the mouth of the Pomeroon River by another fishing boat. A few hours into the coordinated search, the remaining three fishermen, Delon Sandy, Patrick McRae, and John McRae Jr., were located adrift approximately six nautical miles from the mouth of the Pomeroon River.
MARAD said that all three were found wearing life jackets and were safely rescued.
The GDf said that the rescued fishermen were taken to the Coast Guard Headquarters where they received immediate medical attention and were later transported safely to their homes.
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