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| Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
Reports of pink hippos, red legged turkeys and dog toys
are appearing on the beaches of the south coast.
At 6:30 a.m. Monday morning the large container vessel ‘Bunga
Pelangi’ lost 4 large containers overboard, 7 miles
south east of the Nab Tower (Pilot Station at the east
side of the Solent).
The vessel was on passage from Amsterdam
to Southampton, and had just turned and was making its
final approach to the Southampton Pilot Station when the
ship took a heavy roll in the southwesterly swell.
Four
containers broke free from their lashings and went overboard
from the stern of the ship.
The incident was reported to
the Solent Coastguard by Vessel Traffic Services (VTS),
the ship’s agents then arranged for a tug to endeavour
to recover the containers which had been sighted by the
Coastguard rescue helicopter.
Sea conditions were too rough
to enable a line to be secured.
Geoff Matthews, Solent Coastguard Watch Officer, says:
“We have had reports of pink hippopotamus cuddly toys at Climping, red
legged turkey toys at Selsey and a number of dog toys at West Wittering, all
we believe to have come from the containers that have sunk from the ‘Bunga
Pelangi’.
I am afraid ‘Finders Keepers’ is not correct
and our advice is clear, these items if found have to be
reported to the Receiver of Wreck, where the owner has
the opportunity to have his property returned and the finder
the opportunity to a salvage reward provided they have
reported their find.
To contact the Receiver of Wreck please
call 023 8032 9474, you can also download a Report of Wreck form from our website www.mcga.gov.uk.
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