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Katie Mansfield

'Two big thumps woke us up - then we realised killer whales were attacking boat'

Two British men have shared their horror after being woken up surrounded by a pod of orcas attacking the boat they were sailing in.

Mark Garrood, 59, was sailing on the Butey of the Clyde near Gibraltar with friends when he was woken up by "two big thumps".

The group discovered four killer whales repeatedly ramming the 21 tonne yacht and ripping off the two rudders before the Spanish coastguard came to the rescue, reports the Sunday Times.

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