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| Cornwall rescue for sinking cargo vessel | Cornwall rescue for sinking cargo vessel |
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| A salvage operation is under way to save a cargo vessel which started sinking about 10 miles off the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. | |
| All six crew of the Barbados-registered Sea Breeze were rescued by RNLI lifeboats from the Lizard and Falmouth. | All six crew of the Barbados-registered Sea Breeze were rescued by RNLI lifeboats from the Lizard and Falmouth. |
| Coastguards said "a couple" of the crew had minor injuries but all were ashore after issuing a mayday call at 07:00 GMT. | |
| Royal Navy ship HMS Tyne is pumping water from the listing vessel. | |
| A salvage tug is on its way to the scene, said coastguards. | |
| 'Fairly bleak' | |
| The 87m (285ft) long Sea Breeze was carrying limestone from Liverpool to Shoreham. | |
| A RNAS Culdrose helicopter was also called to the rescue. | |
| Cdr Martin Shepherd from 771 Squadron said: "We tried to pump water from the engine room, but it looks fairly bleak for the vessel now." | |
| Alex Greig, Falmouth Coastguard watch manager, said: "We were able to get lifeboats and the helicopter on scene quickly, along with other vessels that were in the vicinity. | |
| "The lifeboats and helicopter pumped water off the cargo vessel, whilst HMS Tyne was on its way with commercial pumps. | |
| "However, unfortunately, the smaller pumps could not keep up with the ingress of water and the crew had to abandon ship at 08:40 am. | |
| "The captain has remained on scene on board HMS Tyne to help with the salvage operation." |