The crew of the Belgian beam trawler in the process of removing the lower half of the snapped derrick. This is a common occurrence with beam trawlers fishing in poor weather - if the trawl becomes fast (stuck on some sort of hitch on the sea bed) while they are fishing and is lifted on a big swell the sudden strain can easily snap even the biggest of derricks.
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