Two people have been rescued after their motor cruiser caught fire and sank.<br /><br />The skipper of the 38ft (11.5m) craft issued a mayday call at 3.22pm on Sunday June 19 after the blaze broke out while the vessel was outside Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire.<br /><br />The Gosport Lifeboat and the Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat were both scrambled to assist the cruiser.<br /><br />A spokesman for the Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (Gafirs) said its boat was on the scene within six minutes.
