FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has issued an investigation report into the incident where the fishing vessel FV Ben Thomas capsized and sank on 12 December 2023 near Dunany Point, Co. Louth, resulting in the loss of one crewmember and serious risk to another. On 12 December 2023, at approximately 05.00 hours (hrs) the fishing vessel (FV) Ben Thomas departed Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Co. Louth with two crewmembers onboard. This was only the second day this vessel had been operated by this crew. RelatedNews NTSB Investigation: Towing vessel strikes breakwater dolphin NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks var jnews_module_21362870_0_6a04e26f004f2 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21362870","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,244,3653,34","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","