Trawler Wars

Episode 4 (1x4)

Air date: Oct 21, 2011

An engine room fire aboard Newlyn trawler the Trevessa has forced all the crew to be airlifted to safety. But before abandoning ship they had to dump £30,000 worth of nets in the sea. Charged with retrieving it from the bottom of the ocean is Skipper Steve Moseley of the Billy Rowney. Getting nine tons of gear on to a wave lashed deck is a treacherous undertaking, but when the weather starts to worsen it begins to look impossible. Meanwhile, the Navy Search and Rescue helicopters at Culdrose help out a submarine, and then race to evacuate a fisherman who’s gone into cardiac arrest.