Possibly a member of GADC? I hope he charged them for it!
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Odd one this. She was an ex-trawler chartered as safety boat for a windfarm, got into trouble i n the rough weather (a common reason is thet sea water gets into the fuel and the engine stops), so her crew were taken off and abandoned her at sea. She’s obviously drifted and fetched up on these rocks, but apparently the CG can’t find her owners, who are the people responsible for her. It’s winter, so it won’t be long before she breaks up. It all sounds a bit dodgy, but it looks like neither the owners nor the authorities are eager to take on the costs of dealing with her.
It’s a bit worrying that she was drifting for some time and it was not until the following day that she was spotted on the rocks. Was nobody monitoring her? The CG probably were but they’re keeping schtum; perhaps they expect legal problems. These are busy shipping lanes, traffic heading south out of the Celtic Sea from Dublin or Liverpool, ferries from Fishguard & Pembroke Dock to Rosslare, and coastal tankers heading for Milford Haven all pass close to the area, and, abandoned and possibly without power, so no lights, she must’ve been a significant collision hazard!
I did in 2 minutes…
It’s also an active MAIB Investigation.
AIS track was lost on the 7th December in Irish waters.