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A MAYDAY call went out to the coastguard - but no ship was found after a huge search by multiple teams.
Southend Coastguard were called at 11.30pm last night to respond to the mayday call from a vessel in distress reported to be somewhere between Isle of Grain and Canvey within the River Thames locale. No further reports from the vessel in distress were received post the initial call on emergency channel 16. The Mayday was received via the Southend Coastguard station aerial and picked up by Dover CGOC. A spokesman for the coastguard said: Along with Southend Coastguard, HM Coastguard - Medway Station on Kent side and Canvey Coastguard were also out searching, this along with our partners from RNLI Southend Lifeboat, RNLI Sheerness lifeboat and Gravesend RNLI.
Boat drifts dangerously close to wartime wreck ladened with explosives A boat was seen drifting dangerously close to an explosive filled shipwreck in the Thames Estuary - sparking action from Southend s coastguard. Cargo ship SS Richard Montgomery - packed with 1,400 tonnes of explosives - was anchored in Sheerness, Kent, when it grounded and broke up in 1944. The wreck and its cargo is monitored round the clock by port authorities and protected by a 500-metre exclusion zone. Yesterday, a ship with three people on board, was seen drifting dangerously close to the shipwreck. The RNLI team from Sheerness initially attended and guided the ship back to Southend Pier, where it was then picked up by the RNLI Southend Lifeboat and taken back to Chalkwell, where it is usually anchored.
Boat drifts dangerously close to wartime wreck ladened with explosives A boat was seen drifting dangerously close to an explosive filled shipwreck in the Thames Estuary - sparking action from Southend s coastguard. Cargo ship SS Richard Montgomery - packed with 1,400 tonnes of explosives - was anchored in Sheerness, Kent, when it grounded and broke up in 1944. The wreck and its cargo is monitored round the clock by port authorities and protected by a 500-metre exclusion zone. Yesterday, a ship with three people on board, was seen drifting dangerously close to the shipwreck. The RNLI team from Sheerness initially attended and guided the ship back to Southend Pier, where it was then picked up by the RNLI Southend Lifeboat and taken back to Chalkwell, where it is usually anchored.