British sailor missing after boat found ‘extracted’

Marine officials have said that a British sailor is lost in the sea, as his boat was found “mutilated” near the southwest French coast in a stormy season.

“The 73 -year -old man on Saturday stopped his crisis after he was caught in a difficulty in the west of Lakanau,” prefectime meritime de L’Ta’utlantic said in a statement.

A French Air Force helicopter was sent to find the person, but his 12 -meter -long boat, Tiger PA, was “destroyed” in the Gulf of Biscay.

Officials said that two divers were then landed in the rubble, where they found an empty fleet.

Both a Portuguese cargo ship and a Spanish hospital ship were sent to the area to help in search, with the French Navy.

After several hours of discovery, it was closed on Sunday morning due to “lack of information”.

In the statement, the prefection Maritime Day L’Ta’lantic reminded people to be careful in water during the stormy season.

The storm came after Herminia, named by the Spanish weather service agenia Estal de Metiorologia (AMET) on Friday, which led to heavy rains and winds in the north and western France of Spain.

Of gusts The wind exceeded 62 mph And cars and buildings also drowned in western France due to flood waters due to the storm.