Cargo ship stuck in the Humber

[DreadShips]

The cargo ship H&S Wisdom has gone aground in the Humber, near Brough, and it might be a month before the next big spring tide needed to shift it. Something for members of the Humber Yawl Club to stare at instead of miles and miles of mud, I suppose...
Cargo ship will be stuck in mud of Humber estuary 'for a month' - BBC News

Looking at the buoy in the background it seems somebody should have shouted "left hand down a bit"

 

[capnsensible]

Neaped very publically

 

[Mark-1]

The cargo ship H&S Wisdom has gone aground in the Humber, near Brough, and it might be a month before the next big spring tide needed to shift it. Something for members of the Humber Yawl Club to stare at instead of miles and miles of mud, I suppose...
Cargo ship will be stuck in mud of Humber estuary 'for a month' - BBC News

Looking at the buoy in the background it seems somebody should have shouted "left hand down a bit"

Ship H&S WISDOM (General Cargo) Registered in Netherlands - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9195559, MMSI 245339000, Call sign PCAZ

 

[LittleSister]

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Looking at the buoy in the background it seems somebody should have shouted "left hand down a bit"

Going that side of it not a wise choice by H&S Wisdom!

 

[Daydream believer]

When discussing anchors, We on the east coast always include mud.
Holds as good as any of the newer models & has shown to work for centuries.

 

[capnsensible]

It will be interesting to read the incident report when it's finally published.

 

[ProDave]

Where has it travelled from? Could that explain the lack of bananas in the supermarket yesterday due to a delayed ship?

 

[Momac]

Where has it travelled from? Could that explain the lack of bananas in the supermarket yesterday due to a delayed ship?

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Surely a career-limiting fu*kup - by the skipper.

 

[sarabande]

What happens to the generators, heating and main engines while she is neaped ?

I suspect that they all need seawater for cooling: a commodity which may be in short supply for a few hours every tide.

I guess Refueler will know.


When Thames barges ( with flat hull bottoms very like that of Wisdom) go aground, there's a couple of standard procedures for releasing the hull from the suction of the mud.

One is rocking the vessel from side to side; the other is to take the biggest sledge hammer to be found on board, to the top of the mast, and repeatedly strike the truck in the hope the shock will liquify the mud a little and release the vessel.

Wisdom's draft is much greater than a barge though, and should provide enough upward flotation force when the time comes.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Given that this is the Humber, she's lucky that she grounded on top of the bank. Most channels have steep sides, and a vessel that grounds on the edge of a channel stands a good chance of rolling as the tide goes out. This has happened many times.