Brittanicca HAV Collison

[C08]

I am surprised that a fishing boat managed to hole this vessel sufficiently for it to turn turtle in the Channel. Any more details on what happened?

 

[sarabande]

Some info on

http://gcaptain.com/cargo-ship-turned-over-adrift-in-english-channel-after-collision/

 

[RichardS]

And a lot more info, including the essential Forum verdict, on :

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?497344-Collision-in-the-Channel-ship-inverted

Richard

 

[C08]

Thanks but my question was how a relatively small fishing boat could hole a large vessel-so far not explored or clarified?

 

[sarabande]

Looking at the damage to the FV, it seems that the bow overrode the deck of Britannica and then collapsed the trestles , causing the deck cargo to slide and unbalance the ship. The FV bulbous bow looks to have punched ahole in the side of the cargo's hull, and free surface effect flooding took care of the rest.

The AIS track of the FV is pretty damning !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYfzHN3tUQg

 

[PaulRainbow]

Thanks but my question was how a relatively small fishing boat could hole a large vessel-so far not explored or clarified?

I've not read of a hole in the hull

The fishing boat is pretty substantial anyway : https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ai...725/mmsi:205162000/imo:8871766/vessel:DEBORAH

 

[sarabande]

Damage to the FV.

https://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Deborah-fishing-vessel-1-800x533.jpg

 

[Dave100456]

Looking at the damage to the FV, it seems that the bow overrode the deck of Britannica and then collapsed the trestles , causing the deck cargo to slide and unbalance the ship. The FV bulbous bow looks to have punched ahole in the side of the cargo's hull, and free surface effect flooding took care of the rest.

The AIS track of the FV is pretty damning !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYfzHN3tUQg

Interesting turn to port by Britannica at 26 secs into AIS video. I have no way of knowing how long this was before the collision, does anyone here know? Had she not made that course alteration the two vessels would not have collided.

 

[savageseadog]

What chance yachts?

And a lot more info, including the essential Forum verdict, on :

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?497344-Collision-in-the-Channel-ship-inverted

Richard

The only thing missing from the other thread is a discussion about the anchors the respective boats carried.

 

[C08]

Interesting turn to port by Britannica at 26 secs into AIS video. I have no way of knowing how long this was before the collision, does anyone here know? Had she not made that course alteration the two vessels would not have collided.

I do not know how you can make that assumption as presumably the turn by Brittannica was a last second attempt to avoid the collision!

 

[prv]

I do not know how you can make that assumption as presumably the turn by Brittannica was a last second attempt to avoid the collision!

What, turning 5 degrees towards her while still this far off?



Pete

 

[C08]

What, turning 5 degrees towards her while still this far off?

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Pete

Sorry I shopuld have read the post properly I thought that was reference to the later sharp turn just before collision

 

[CCJ]

Looking at the damage to the FV, it seems that the bow overrode the deck of Britannica and then collapsed the trestles , causing the deck cargo to slide and unbalance the ship. The FV bulbous bow looks to have punched ahole in the side of the cargo's hull, and free surface effect flooding took care of the rest.

The AIS track of the FV is pretty damning !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYfzHN3tUQg

FV Deborah has previous in Milford Haven, skipper ( at that time ) fined approx £2500 for very similar port quarter ramming a few years ago