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Grounding of beam trawler Jacoba
Location: La-Morna Cove, Penzance, England.
Completed PE Summary: Jacoba
A short summary of the accident and action taken:
| Registered Owner & Manager: | Jacobje Pasterkamp & Ten Napel | |
| Port of registry: | Urk | |
| Flag: | Netherlands | |
| Type: | Fish catching/Processing | |
| Built: | 1975 | |
| Construction: | Steel | |
| Length overall: | 37.11 | |
| Gross tonnage: | 270.00 | |
| Date & Time | 21/09/02 06:46 | |
| 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:
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The issue of a Safety digest article by MAIB
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The issue of a Safety bulletin by MAIB
A full investigation is not considered necessary and therefore not recommended.