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Ramsgate and Margate RNLI have launched this morning (February 15) after reports a person may have gone overboard from commercial vessel B Gas Margrethe, anchored off Margate.
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The crews responded to calls just before 6am to Margate and at 6.28am for Ramsgate to a request from the UK Coastguard to assist with a search for the missing person. The Coastguard helicopter is also in attendance.
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It is understood the crewman didn’t turn up for his shift and wasn’t in his cabin, resulting in the the alarm being raised.
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Warship HMS Westminster is currently heading towards the scene and has been drafted in to help with the search.
Kent Police were alerted to the incident, A spokesperson said: “Kent Police received a report at around 9.10am from Dover Coastguard for the concern for the welfare of man missing from a ship anchored off the coast at Margate. Officers are working with the Coastguard to carry out enquiries.”
More to come