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Apr 24, 2024 · CAPE MAY – On March 18, 2009, the F/V Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop boat, left Cape May Harbor for the scalloping grounds in an area known as the Elephant’s Trunk, roughly 60 miles from...
Apr 25, 2024 · On March 18, 2009, the F/V Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop boat, left Cape May Harbor for the scalloping grounds in an area known as the Elephant’s Trunk, roughly 60 miles from Cape May. The crew had nearly completed its catch when, between 5:19 and 5:39 a.m. on March 24, the boat sank.
Aug 31, 2009 · Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop dredge, sank under mysterious circumstances early March 24 in the Elephant Trunk, a productive shellfish area 65 miles off the vessel’s home port of Cape May, N.J. Six of its seven crewmembers were lost.
Jul 29, 2011 · Lady Mary sinking: boaters should take heed. Jim Flannery. Jul 29, 2011. The March 2009 sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Mary off Cape May, N.J., with the loss of six crewmembers inspired a 20-page Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper account of the tragedy and, with the loss of five other fishermen off New Jersey in 2009, raised an alarm that ...
Aug 31, 2013 · Coast Guard: Deadly F/V Lady Mary sinking in 2009 the result of open hatch and unstable boat. August 30, 2013 Mid Atlantic, National. A number of modifications over the years had gradually made the North Carolina-based vessel less safe, according to the report. In addition, a decision to open a hatch on deck was unsafe and contributed to the ...
Aug 17, 2013 · The five-chapter series on F/V Lady Mary sinking. August 17, 2013 Mid Atlantic, National. The Star-Ledger spent months investigating the sinking of a Cape May-based scallop boat that left six dead and spared just one crew member.
Nov 23, 2010 · For those of you who caught Maritime Monday this morning, hopefully you found the link over to Chapter 1 of the Star Ledger’s report into the mysterious 2009 sinking of the Lady Mary, the sea...
