Grounding of beam trawler Jacoba

Location: La-Morna Cove, Penzance, England.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Fishing vessel
• Report type: Completed preliminary assessment
• Date of occurrence: 21 September 2002

Completed PE Summary: Jacoba

A short summary of the accident and action taken:

	Fishing Vessel/Accident Details
Vessel Name	Jacoba
Registered Owner/Manager	Privately owned
Port of registry	Urk
Flag	Netherlands
Type	Fish catching/processing
Built	1975
Construction	Steel
Length Overall	37.11m
Gross Tonnage	270
Date/Time	21/09/2002, 0646
Location of Incident	Penzance
Incident Type	Grounding
Persons Onboard	4 crew
Injuries/Fatalities	None
Damage/Pollution	Material damage/Pollution caused

Synopsis

Grounding of fishing vessel at La-Morna Cove.

Action taken

In view of the action being undertaken by the owner and skipper of Jacoba, namely:

The fitting of a secondary backup system to the watch alarm

And that the lessons to be learnt from this accident can be successfully promulgated through:

• The issue of a Safety digest article by MAIB

• The issue of a Safety bulletin by MAIB

A full investigation is not considered necessary and therefore not recommended.

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Published 23 January 2015