PEMBROKESHIRE beachcombers have made an exciting find on Freshwater West this week. A boat tag which was washed in on the tide appears to have a link to a fishing boat of Hollywood fame.
According to the Beachcombers Freshwater West Facebook group the boat tag belongs to a New England fishing vessel called the Hannah Boden.
The boat was one of two sword fishing vessels which were the subject of the 2000 film The Perfect Storm. The movie, was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and stars George Clooney, as brave swordfish boat skipper Frank William Tyne Jnr.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (famous from her role as Maid Marion in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves) plays the role Linda Greenlaw, the captain of the Hannah Boden.
The film was an adaptation of the 1997non-fiction book of the same title by Sebastian Junger, which tells the story of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991.
Sister ship the Hannah Boden was in the same area at the same time the Andrea Gail was lost, and was the last vessel to communicate with it before it disappeared. Captain Linda Greenlaw, famous for being the only lady captain of a sword fishing vessel, is now a bestselling author. She also has her own Discovery channel show called Life on the Line.
On the Facebook page it states: “Mari Williams from Keep Wales Tidy found this yesterday and the lovely Laura Ludwig helped us uncover it’s exciting history.”
The Herald recommends our readers to click like on the Beachcombers Freshwater West Facebook group to regularly see fascinating finds, some of which are pictured below.
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