 | Navy ship, 630 trawlers sink due to sudden storm
21 September, 2006
Over 3000 fishermen and a naval commander went missing as a naval ship, about 630 trawlers and 25 boats capsized in the Bay of Bengal when violent storms hit the sea and the country's coastal belt Tuesday evening.
In Bagerhat, over 300 fishermen and a naval commander were missing as some 100 fishing trawlers and a naval ship capsized in the Bay of southern Bangladesh during a sudden storm Tuesday evening.
Thirty bodies of fishermen were recovered so far. The fishermen went to the sea from Bagerhat, Pirojpur, Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna and Bhola.The rescued fishermen told The New Nation that more than 100 trawlers capsized by a sudden storm when they were catching fish. A navy ship, 'BNS Shaheed Farid', partly overturned at Akram Point in Khulna during the storm, leaving its commanding officer Lt Commander Firoz Kabir missing. Some 40 other people aboard the ship were safe.
Helicopters, naval ships and rescue boats salvaged the partly sunken ship yesterday.
The officials said the fishing trawlers sank in Dublar Char, Kachikhali, Narkelbaria and Baleshwar of the coastal districts of Bagerhat, Pirojpur, Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna, Bhola and Barguna as they were caught by the sudden storm.
Coastguard's Mongla West Zone commander Badruddoza Chowdhury said the naval ship partly sank during the storm. Helicopters were trying to rescue missing Lt Commander Firoz Kabir.
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