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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Seafarers reportedly stuck without pay for months on stranded ship

A crew of five has reportedly been stranded on a cargo vessel without pay for three months off the coast of Dorset, England.

The vessel Westwind II ran aground at Weymouth Harbor in a storm in October last year and was subsequently arrested by local Admiralty for allegedly dragging its anchor, damaging commercial mussel beds, according to a report by the BBC.

Seafarer charity Apostleship of the Sea is attempting to help the ship’s crew who have reportedly said they have not been paid wages since last June of last year.

The crewmembers are apparently free to leave but they maintain they won’t ever be paid if they do so.

Apostleship of the Sea’s Rev. Roger Stone has been on board and told the BBC: "Life's pretty miserable actually for the crew because they have nothing to do all day. All they're really doing is waiting for their wages to be paid so they can go home.”

The remaining crewmembers are from Turkey and Georgia. The Captain reportedly left several weeks ago.

For the full BBC story: www.bbc.co.uk