Cape Town – Ten fishermen have died and three remain missing after they abandoned a fishing trawler which was taking on water in rough seas on Sunday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n Eight men were plucked from the frigid water by other vessels that had rushed to their aid.<\/p>\n NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said the volunteer rescue service was alerted to the vessel in distress by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA).<\/p>\n \u201cThe 42-metre Cape Town fishing trawler [reported] to be taking on water in heavy sea swells 20 nautical miles south of Hangklip with their 21 crew on board abandoning ship.\u201d<\/p>\n Lambinon said that all vessels were alerted to the incident and asked to help, with the NSRI launching rescue craft from their bases in Hermanus and Simonstown.<\/p>\n A cargo vessel and three fishing boats were first to arrive at the floundering trawler’s location.<\/p>\n \u201cOn arrival on the scene it was confirmed that all 21 crew of the casualty fishing trawler had abandoned their vessel.<\/p>\n \u201cNine survivors were rescued and nine bodies were recovered from the water. It was later confirmed that one of the survivors who had been rescued had succumbed to injuries and died. Rescues were made by all of the vessels in the search area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSea conditions were six-metre swells with gusting to 45 knot south easterly winds but sea conditions improved during the search and rescue operation.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite an extensive air and sea search no sign of the three missing crew have been found and a search is continuing.\u00a0 Radio communications are being assisted by Telkom Maritime Radio Services,\u201d Lambinon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10 dead in Cape fishing trawler disaster Cape Town – Ten fishermen have died and three remain missing after they abandoned a fishing trawler which was taking on water in rough seas on Sunday night. Eight men were plucked from the frigid water by other vessels that had rushed to their aid. NSRI spokesperson Craig …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n