Your pictures of beached freighter

Daniel Conway sent us these pictures of a coal freighter which ran aground at Nobby's Beach, Newcastle, Australia, after heavy seas and freak storms.

Huge seas forced the Pasha Bulker towards the coast.

Twenty-one crewmen were winched to safety and were reported to be in good health.

Environmentalists have said the vessel could break up and leak fuel into the sea, causing a maritime disaster.

The storm surge ripped the ship from its moorings and pushed it into a sand bank early Friday, state police said.

The ship was not carrying any cargo and no one was injured.

Rescue helicopters airlifted the Filipino crew of the vessel to safety at a nearby park, where paramedics examined them and said they were in good health.

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