The ship which ran aground on Saturday south of Praia da Cova Figueira da Foz, without causing personal injury, eventually wrecked near Praia da Lava, informed the Coordination Centre for Maritime Search and Rescue in Lisbon.
According to the commander of the port of Figueira da Foz, Paul Ignatius, in information provided to the agency Lusa, the alert was received at the end of Saturday afternoon, with reports that a sailboat was stranded near the beach Orbitur, that would be in the surf zone at low seas.
The same source indicated then that the boat carried only one crewmember noruguês, and that man could reach land by his own means, aided by folk who were on the beach.
As a precautionary measure was requested to support the crew of the sailboat were observed in the hospital, he said.
The maritime authority has mobilized a lifeguard Rescue Institute to Náfragos in an attempt to remove the ship from the surf zone, which proved fruitless.
According to the commander of the port, the crew of the ship indicated that, when the vessel ran aground, got water, which prevented the removal.
According to the Coordination Centre for Maritime Search and Rescue in Lisbon, which received the request for help by 18:13, “the Marine Police is investigating the causes of the sinking.”
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