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Grounding in Tyne

The "Shaulora – BF 794’, 87 gt (IMO: 3162112), with a crew of four ran aground in the Tyne Harbour in the morning Of Feb 16, 2019. The Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat "Spirit of Northumberland" was called at 4 a.m. after the Port of Tyne Vessel Traffic Services reported what had happened to the Coastguard. The vessel was stuck was inside the south Tyne pier where it had run aground after control over the steering was lost. The lifeboat sped the short distance across the lower Tyne harbour and quickly found the vessel. Once the lifeboat crew confirmed with the skipper that his vessel was not badly damaged or taking on water, they attached a tow rope to allow the lifeboat to pull her away from the pier. The fishing vessel Shaulora is towed to the Western Quay, North Shields, where members of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade were waiting to help berth the ship. Northumbria Police officers were also at the scene and met the fishermen as they returned to shore. The lifeboat was stood down at 4.50 a.m. Report with photo: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/rnli-tynemouth-rescue-shaulora-boat-15840821 https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/trawler-and-four-fishermen-rescued-after-getting-stuck-in-the-tyne-1-9599235