Rachel Harvey Explained

-- commercial vessels --> Ship Registry: Jersey Ship Fate: Wrecked 1999 Ship Type: Fishing vessel Ship Crew: 6

Rachel Harvey was a Jersey-registered fishing vessel which, at 9:45 p.m. on 1 October 1999, struck rocks off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly in stormy seas. St Mary's Lifeboat and a search-and-rescue Sea King helicopter from RNAS Culdrose attended the scene. The lifeboat picked up all six crew, but one man was pronounced dead on arrival at St Mary's Hospital.

See also

• List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

External links

• Falmouth Coastguard Alerted to Sinking Fishing Vessel . . 1 October 1999 . 385/99 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070312001305/http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-dops_pr_newsroom-press-releases-release.htm?mcga_news_id=1299&month=10&year=1999 . 2007-03-12.