Stricken Stena Immaculate donates meals to Norfolk meals banks

A church-run meals financial institution stated it had one in all its “craziest” donations thus far after receiving meals from a shipment vessel on the centre of a North Sea collision.

Volunteers from the St Mary Magdalene Church meals financial institution in Gorleston, Norfolk, had been invited to the Stena Immaculate shipment vessel, which is docked on the Port of Great Yarmouth, to assemble frozen meat and fish.

The vessel used to be towed into the port on 11 April after it used to be concerned about a collision within the North Sea.

The Reverend Matthew Price, from St Mary Magdalene Church, stated: “This has to rank up there with one of the craziest donations. It’s not often someone rings you up to say they have a cubic metre of meat.”

The vessel, which have been transporting jet gasoline for the United States army, have been travelling to Hull from a Greek port when it used to be struck by means of Portuguese-flagged Solong on 10 March.

It used to be towed to Great Yarmouth in April for inspection, the place it has remained ever since.

Mr Price stated he won a decision from the team at the send who sought after to dump meals that used to be intended to maintain them whilst at sea.

“We had no clue what it was going to be,” he stated.

The meals financial institution stated the donation of meat and fish will maintain it for a number of months.

The organisation runs a weekly group meal on Tuesday for approximately 60 adults and Mr Price stated attendees will see red meat and oxtail soup develop into a part of the menu.

“One of the biggest costs for sustaining our meal is meat… that will keep us going for a long time… it’s completely random but we were extremely grateful,” he added.

Two volunteers and the meals financial institution’s chef transported the donations off the send’s gang plank on 15 May.

Mr Price stated: “It was tragic what happened to that ship and it’s great some good can come from it.

“It’s in point of fact touching to assume all of the quite a lot of connections that had been made to make this occur. It makes it extra particular.”

He added the Norwich Foodbank had first received items from the boat and it had put the vessel’s master in contact with the church.

The master of the Stena Immaculate has been contacted for comment.