Skipper presumed dead, two saved from vessel in Atlantic Ocean en route to Cape Town

15 Mar

Cebelihle Bhengu

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A seafarer and skipper of a sailing vessel, NINA POPE and a German national died when the vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean while en route to Cape Town. (Google Maps/screenshot)

The skipper of the NINA POPE sailing vessel is presumed dead after it sank in the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Tristan da Cunha to Cape Town on Wednesday, the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) said.

It said the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town received an SOS Alert via the Garmin International Rescue Coordination Centre about the Swiss-flagged sailing vessel in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The alert indicated that the vessel was taking on water approximately 2 400km west-southwest of Cape Town.

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