Fishing vessel crashes into tanker off Scottish coast

A fishing vessel with six people on board has collided with a tanker off the coast of Ayrshire.
By Lucinda Cameron
Published 29th May 2019, 14:26 BST
Updated 29th May 2019, 15:26 BST
A fishing vessel has collided with a tanker off the Ayrshire coastA fishing vessel has collided with a tanker off the Ayrshire coast
A fishing vessel has collided with a tanker off the Ayrshire coast

The Troon RNLI all-weather lifeboat was sent to the scene around five nautical miles south-west of the town after the alarm was raised at 3:55am today.

No-one was injured, but the fishing vessel suffered damage to its bow.

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The lifeboat escorted the fishing vessel back to Troon harbour while the tanker remained at anchor.

Marine Scotland tweeted: "Early this morning #MPVMinna was asked to assist @TroonLifeboat and @BelfastRnli with a tanker and fishing boat that had collided at sea.

"Both vessels and all crew are now safe and our thanks go to all involved."