The ship rammed the Tafra 3 trawler off the coast of Mauritania

Off the coast of Nouadhibou in Mauritania, the 105-meter vessel Right Whale runs into the 31-meter freezer trawler Tafra 3. This was reported on September 19 by the newspaper La Voz de Galicia.

It is specified that the collision lasted at least 4.5 minutes. During all this time, the trawler's sailors were trying to get to a safe place. In the footage, you can see how two sailors, located at the stern, climb the nets and try to hide in another part of the ship.

It is reported that 21 of the 26 crew members were rescued. The remaining five people are missing.

An investigation is underway into the incident. The captain of the ship Right Whale was arrested after giving evidence to the local gendarmerie, the newspaper notes.

According to The Maritime Executive (ME), one of the crew members was a sailor from Russia. He survived the shipwreck.

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