Searchers have located the sunken hull of the cement carrier MV
Cemfjord which sank over the weekend off the north coast of Scotland
with the loss of all eight crew.
The wreck of the Cemfjord was found using sonar lying on the seabed
in the eastern approaches to the Pentland Firth by the lighthouse
tender, Pharos, BBC reports.
The upturned hull of the Cyprus-flagged vessel was spotted Saturday afternoon, January 3, by passengers of the ferry Hrossey and the ship later sank.
Despite an exhaustive search of the area, there has been no sign of
the missing crew and the search for the missing was suspended Sunday
night. An empty liferaft believed to be from the vessel was located on
Monday however there were no signs that it had been used.
Contact was last made with a vessel on Friday afternoon at
approximately 1:00 p.m. There was no mayday call or any indication that
the ship may have been in trouble after that.
The crew comprised of seven Polish and one Filipino.
The ship was reportedly carrying 2,000 tonnes of cement when it
capsized and was sailing from Aalborg Denmark to Runcorn, Cheshire in
western England.
The accident is under investigation by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
The Pentland Firth separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland.