A cargo vessel with nine people on board has run aground off the coast of Norfolk.
Coastguards say the ship is stuck on sands 8 miles off Happisburgh.
Everyone on board is safe and the boat is waiting for a tug to refloat it.
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Cargo vessel runs aground off Norfolk coast
10:16 03 December 2016
Coastguard. PHOTO: Nick Butcher
A cargo vessel is believed to have run aground at Happisburgh today.
A cargo ship is believed to have run aground at Happisburgh today.
The Spanish vessel Muros was on course from Teeside to France when it ran into difficulty seven miles from shore in an area known as the Haisbro Sand - which has previously claimed a number of lives.
It is understood it may have become lodged on a sandbank but remains upright.
And it is hoped it can be refloated at high tide, around 8.30pm.
Happisburgh Coastwatch volunteer Janet Easter said: “It appears to be stuck.”
A coastguard spokesman confirmed they were “monitoring” an incident just off the coast at Happsisburgh but said there was no damage to the vessel and no injuries.
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