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| Missing Torquay fishing boat JCK: Skipper's body found | Missing Torquay fishing boat JCK: Skipper's body found |
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| A body has been found by rescuers searching for a fishing boat which went missing off the Devon coast. | A body has been found by rescuers searching for a fishing boat which went missing off the Devon coast. |
| The skipper of the 19ft (5.8m) JCK was last seen travelling past Thatcher's Rock, near Torquay, at 18:25 GMT on Monday. | |
| Shortly after midnight a body was discovered by the Exmouth RNLI lifeboat, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. | Shortly after midnight a body was discovered by the Exmouth RNLI lifeboat, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. |
| Debris - believed to be of the JCK - has been found off the coastline. | |
| A search was launched when the Brixham-registered JCK failed to return to Torquay Harbour on Monday evening when gale force winds of 60mph had been reported in the English Channel. | |
| Rescue helicopters from Portland MCA and RNAS Culdrose, RNLI lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams and two Royal Navy frigates - HMS Somerset and HMS St Albans - were involved in the search. | |
| Jeremy Linn from Brixham Coastguard said it was likely the skipper's boat had been swamped. | Jeremy Linn from Brixham Coastguard said it was likely the skipper's boat had been swamped. |
| "He had been fishing for the afternoon and was coming home with a catch on board, which means he obviously had quite a lot of weight in the boat," he said. | "He had been fishing for the afternoon and was coming home with a catch on board, which means he obviously had quite a lot of weight in the boat," he said. |
| "It was not good weather - it was very windy, we'd had lots of rain and the sea state was rough - so it's a strong possibility that the boat was swamped in some way and sank." | "It was not good weather - it was very windy, we'd had lots of rain and the sea state was rough - so it's a strong possibility that the boat was swamped in some way and sank." |
| Brixham Coastguard said debris of the JCK had been found "at various points off the coastline". | |
| The search has been called off and Devon and Cornwall Police said the man's next of kin had been informed. |