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Skipper Fined After Grounding on Lizard Peninsula

The skipper of a French fishing vessel has been ordered to pay £11,155 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to endangering his vessel and crew together with failing to keep a proper look-out after falling asleep. On the afternoon of Wednesday 28 August 2013 the fishing vessel Scuderia sailed from Roscoff in northern France towards fishing grounds off the Lizard Peninsula. At about 10:30 p.m. the vessel ran aground at Lankidden Cove between Cadgwith and Coverack. Falmouth Coastguard was contacted at 11 p.m. and an emergency response activated, with the Lizard RNLI lifeboat attending together with the Porthoustock Coastguard Rescue Team. None of the five crew was injured but the forward fuel tank had been ruptured, with the loss of approximately 10 metric tons of diesel.