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On Mar 19, 2011, the "African Lion", went to assistan the 35-foot fishing vessel "Miss Ester" and her three man crew which had developed engine trouble and broke down on Mar 18 off George Town. A search had been carried out by US Coastguard and other vessels after conact got lost, and a fixed-wing aircraft joined the search and it was this aircraft which located the boat at 11:35 a.m. 49 miles south of Bodden Town. The cruise ship tender "Caribbean Temptress" set off from South Sound to recover the drifting vessel.
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Ships&Ports SAR reports an incident last week (Feb 1-4 2011) outside the port of Richards Bay, in which DONG-A RHEA collided with AFRICAN LION. In the course of the ships coming together, Dong-A Rhea fouled her propeller with the anchor chain of the other ship, which damaged the propeller blades and wrapped itself around the shaft. The accident took place 4 – 6 n.miles from the port among a group of ships at anchor waiting for entrance to the port. It appears that as the Korean bulk carrier was coming to anchorage off the port when at reduced speed the strong current caused her to drift down onto the African Lion which was at anchor. The two ships came together with Dong-A Rhea suffering denting and cracking of the hull amidships. In the process the African Lion’s anchor chain was fouled to the Dong-A Rhea’s propeller and was severed, leaving lengths of the chain wrapped round the propeller and shaft.
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