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A seafarer and skipper of a sailing vessel, NINA POPE and a German national died when the vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Town. According to the South African Maritime Safety Authority(SAMSA), the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The skipper of the NINA POPE sailing vessel is presumed dead after it sank in the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Tristan da Cunha to Cape Town on Wednesday, the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) said.
It said the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town received an SOS Alert via the Garmin International Rescue Coordination Centre about the Swiss-flagged sailing vessel in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The alert indicated that the vessel was taking on water approximately 2400 km west-southwest of Cape Town.
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