How to Salvage a Sunken Fishing Boat in Portsmouth Harbour

Boatbreakers were out in Portsmouth Harbour this week. Assisted by Baker Trayte Marine and RS Divers the mission was to salvage a sunken fishing boat. The boat had sunk during Storm Eunice which had battered the UK. It was a mystery as to how the boat had gone down as she is a steel fishing boat which should cope with difficult conditions.

Luckily where the boat sank it wasn't too deep and she was still attached to her mooring. Albeit the mooring buoy was dragged under. With the help of a dive team and a large crane on a barge the wreck was recovered. The salvaged steel fishing boat will now be sent to the boat scrapyard to be recycled.