The bodies of two missing French fishermen have been found after their fishing boat sank off the Cornish coast. The two men had been missing for more than a week. They were part of a five-person crew on a vessel that got into trouble in waters south-west of the Eddystone Lighthouse, off Plymouth, on Saturday, August 29.
After a distress call that evening, a coastguard rescue helicopter, a fixed-wing plane and RNLI lifeboats from Cornwall and Devon began searching for the French-registered boat. During an overnight search, three people on board the trawler were rescued and taken to either the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro or Plymouth's Derriford Hospital for medical attention.
The French Navy's Falcon 50 was also deployed to help find the boat before the coastguard suspended the search at 8.20pm on Sunday, August 30, with two people still unaccounted for. The boat was eventually located on the seabed on the night of Tuesday, September 1, close to where its last GPS transmission was made.
After weather conditions improved, rescue teams resumed the search, and French divers found and recovered the bodies on Saturday, September 5.
Two Missing Fishermen Found After Boat Sinks Off Cornwall