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Fishermen missing after collision with Channel Islands freighter

[ December 8, 2022   //   ]

A search for three crewmembers of a fishing boat is underway off the Jersey coast  following a collision with Condor Ferries freight vessel, Commodore Goodwill at 05:30 on the morning of 8 December. According to reports, the wreck of the fishing boat has been located on the seabed while the Commodore Goodwill is now in port in Jersey.

The 5,215dwt, 1250 lane-metre vessel, which carries mainly unaccompanied trailers was reported to have had five passengers on board, along with 24 crew, and was on the Guernsey to Jersey leg of a scheduled service from the two islands to Portsmouth.

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