“I was navigating by sight because I knew the depths well and I had done this manoeuvre three or four times,” he reportedly said.“But this time I ordered the turn too late and I ended up in water that was too shallow. I don’t know why it happened.”

The 'Migdale' en route from Lerwick, with a crew of four and a cargo of live fish on board, reported a fuel pump malfunction and was drifting at 1,5 knots, in position 60 45 41