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On Wednesday afternoon, the exposed hull of the vessel could be seen in the water with most of it<br />

submerged. Rescuers found the overturned wreckage empty, leading to fears that the men had been<br />

swept away by the tide on a night where sea temperatures dropped to as low as 5C.<br />

<strong>The</strong> coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Lydd, lifeboats from Ramsgate and Harwich<br />

and the coastguard rescue team from Margate were scrambled to join the search for the Belgianregistered<br />

boat. It is not known whether the crew were British nationals.<br />

John Ray, a spokesman for Ramsgate lifeboat station, said the incident must have happened suddenly,<br />

because the crew members made no contact with the coastguard.<br />

This article was downloaded by calibre from https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/<strong>2016</strong>/dec/28/crew-members-missingafter-fishing-boat-capsizes-off-kent-coast<br />

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