This was the Freja Svea, weighing 97,000 tons and was grounded on the beach at Redcar just off Majuba Beach car park on 1st March 1993. Derick Pearson assists with: “The vessel could be seen clearly from anywhere on the promenade.” Colin Burns adds: ” Somewhere I have a recording of the Captains conversation with the helicopter during this event, when he realised he was stuck. Strange because at the time I was running a job that had all the gear only a couple of miles from the ship that the helicopter could have lifted to the scene and changed the outcome, it worked out OK in the end though.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Derick Pearson and Colin Burns for the updates.
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