Video: Watch rescue of huge cargo ship stranded in storm off the Yorkshire coast

This is the moment a huge cargo vessel beached on a sandbank was winched to safety.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Dec 2018, 16:02 BST
Updated 17th Dec 2018, 17:08 BST
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It took 10 hours to re-float the Thea II after she suffered a power outage during the height of Storm Deirdre on Saturday night.

Meet the head of Yorkshire's most remote lifeboat station as he prepares to retireThe 3,000-tonne ship became stranded three miles off Spurn Point in treacherous conditions, with a crew of 11 aboard.

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Tug boats, the Humber RNLI lifeboat and the Coastguard helicopter all took part in the rescue operation.

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The crew were taken off the deck and the ship towed to Hull, where she is currently in King George Dock awaiting assessment for damage.

A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesperson said: "Just after 3pm on Saturday, Humber Coastguard was alerted the vessel, which has 11 crew on board, was in difficulty after a suffering a power outage and was dragging the anchor three miles east of Spurn."

"Good news is that she re-floated without pollution and has now berthed safely into King George Docks."

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