Russian Factory Trawler in trouble ( MCA )

[Gavin Gait]

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/newsandpublications/press-releases.htm?id=CFC1352FB75EAB85&m=4&y=2008

This vessel was originally the Orcades Viking III K175 and operated out of Stromness in Orkney.

Those with the opt-in to the Fishing Gallery : http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/93669

Or my attached photo showing her as originally built

[Derek Roger]

Looks as though she backed onto her Gear Davie >>????????????


Derek

[Gavin Gait]

They were hauling and if they were hauling the net in quickly then stopped the winch going down wind the net would have run up under the stern so thats a distinct possibility.