… going on about my woes and miseries, I want to make it clear that there are people who are far more worse off than I am. And some whose woes and miseries have regrettably come to an end.
And when it’s people whom we all know, after a fashion, it’s even more regrettable.
One of the trawlers that has featured quite often on these pages in the past has been the Jersey trawler L’Ecume II
Regular readers of this rubbish will recall having seen her ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS coming into port, in the harbour here, having a coat of paint in the chantier naval, moored in the harbour in Jersey etc etc.
As well as that, regular readers of this rubbish will recall a story that has been circulating around the naval world that another vessel that has featured on these pages, albeit from a distance, COMMODORE GOODWILL has been accused of running down and sinking with all hands a trawler off the coast of Guernsey in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A press release this afternoon has made it clear that following the collision on Thursday, it’s L’Ecume II that has failed to answer its calls and an underwater survey has identified her wreck on the sea bed in roughly the position where the collision took place.
It’s devastating news and I am totally devastated. There isn’t very much that I can add to what has already been said.
