Two yachtsmen needed to be saved very early Wednesday early morning after their vessel rammed a freight ship in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent.

The HM Coastguard records that it obtained a MAYDAY telephone call from the luxury yacht complying with the crash which occurred after 4:10 a.m. on Wednesday.

Dungeness RNLI lifeboat saved both from the luxury yacht as well as both are reported risk-free as well as well.

The luxury yacht, nonetheless, ended up being knotted with the superstructure of the freight vessel, the Coastguard reported. It was at some point launched with damages to the pole yet or else in audio problem.

An HM Coastguard search as well as rescue helicopter from Lydd together with a Dover RNLI lifeboat as well as Dungeness Coastguard Rescue Team were likewise sent out to scene to help.

Local media records that the freight ship was underway from Riga in Latvia to Shoreham in West Sussex.

gCaptain can verify that the freight ship is the Netherlands- signed upLady Nola The vessel determines 79 meters in size as well as it has to do with 2,000 gross tonnes.

AIS ship monitoring information revealed the vessel tied in Shoreham since Wednesday night.

The Coastguards reported that the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has actually been informed of the event.