Remote cameras search inside trawler wreck

So far they have managed to remove the deck and aluminium accommodation structure from L’Ecume II’s wooden hull, using remotely-operated cutting equipment, meaning they can now get their cameras inside.

The trawler sank on Thursday 8 December following a collision with Condor’s Commodore Goodwill. Three fishermen – skipper Michael ‘Mick’ Michieli, and crewmen Larry Simyunn and Jervis Baligat are believed to have died in the accident.

Pictured: tributes to the lost Skipper and crew (Jon Guegan).

Two bodies – which have yet to be formally identified – were recovered last week by the Freja, which spent Friday night in St. Helier while a crew change and maintenance took place.

A Ports of Jersey statement has described the search inside the wreak as “extensive”, after which the MV Freja’s final task will then be to complete one last grid search of the seabed.

It will then return to St. Helier to deliver further digital evidence to the investigation team.