Tug boat skipper's body found

Updated 18.04 Sun Dec 23 2007
Keywords: captain, Tug

The body of a tug boat captain who died along with two of his crewmates when the vessel capsized in heavy fog has been recovered.

Stephen Humphreys, 33, from Greenock, was pulled out of the submerged Flying Phantom.

Dense fog hampered initial rescue attempts when the vessel sank near Clydebank College

The bodies of his colleagues Robert Cameron, 65, and Eric Blackley, 57, were earlier removed from the River Clyde.

Prayers were said today for the three men and their families at church services in Greenock.

Dense fog hampered initial rescue attempts when the vessel sank near Clydebank College.

A fourth crew member, Brian Aitchison, 37, from Coldingham in the Scottish Borders, was rescued by a passing boat as he swam towards shore after the tug sank.

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