Weymouth's former tall ship runs aground off Irish coastline
THIRTY people have been rescued from Weymouth's former tall ship which ran aground off the coast of Ireland this morning.
The 30 crew and trainees from the 42 metre sail training vessel Astrid were rescued by the RNLI.
The ship broke up and sank in the heavy swell. Former captain Paul Compton said: "It's an appalling loss. I'm so down to hear this.
"I'm feeling so sad.
"The vessel changed the lives of a lot of young people.
"This is a terrible loss.
Just last week, Astrid made a return to Weymouth.
Speaking at the time, Weymouth boatman Paul Dalloway said: “Astrid has a lot of history with Weymouth and was really the forerunner of the town’s sail training tall ship, the Pelican.”
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