Lord of the Isles, Thurs 25/4

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A message to the OOW of the Lord of the Isles at around 1230Z this Thursday, 25/4. I thought your handling of that incident today was exemplary. Calm, cool, in command, and unfazed by stupid questions or positions. I have rarely heard such a continuous example of efficiency in a demanding situation for a sustained period of time. My congratulations, Sir, you made the grade. It's just a shame about the result.

From the skipper of Miss Amelia.
 
I don't want to go into too much detail, someone just died. But I do want to place on record the conduct of the OOW of the Lord of the Isles ship, who was first on the scene. He became the local commander of the operation, and handled a difficult situation superbly, over a prolonged period of time, in a manner that demonstrated total professionalism and dedication to the task. Under extremely busy and difficult circumstances he conducted himself in a way that demonstrated the highest traditions of British seamanship. Another officer of whom we can all be proud.
 
Webcraft, no I don't have further information and I should apologise for putting it that way. He is missing and it doesn't look good after this amount of time.
 
donaldson you should explain what you heard and what was going on in the context of the praise you have given. To come on here and offer such a guarded comment makes it meaningless. An explanation of the situation without gossip or wild speculation is easy enough without being disrespectful to those involved. Of course, you don't have to say anything, but you did; the impact is almost meaningless as the vast majority wont know what or who the Lord of The Isles is. Many would find your narrative interesting on this forum.
 
From Thursday 25 April 2013 Oban Times

http://www.obantimes.co.uk

A search is underway for a fishing vessel off Easdale Island.
Stornoway Coastguard heard a mayday message from the vessel just after 1pm this afternoon,Thursday April 26. It said the vessel,with one person on board,was going over.
A mayday relay broadcast was issued by Stornoway Coastguard,and a number of vessels in the area at the time responded.
The Oban Coastguard Rescue Team,the all-weather RNLI lifeboat from Oban,and the Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter from Prestwick was also sent to the scene.
Carol Collins,Watch Manager at Stornoway Coastguard,said:“A search is still ongoing this afternoon involving a number of search and rescue assets. We are doing all we can to locate the vessel.”
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BOB, I can add very little to the above from obantimes. There will obviously be a full MAIB enquiry and public speculation is never helpful. My purpose in posting was in the hope that my opinion will eventually find its way to the individual concerned.
 
LOTI is a Macbraynes ferry. She was on the Oban-Colonsay run, which passes through the search area. The search has resumed this morning. The community here is pretty devastated.

Please do bear in mind that this forum is indexed by Google when commenting on 'live' tragedies.

- W
 
donaldson said:
BOB, I can add very little to the above from obantimes. There will obviously be a full MAIB enquiry and public speculation is never helpful. My purpose in posting was in the hope that my opinion will eventually find its way to the individual concerned.
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As BoB said, a bit of a strange post. Why make a public statement that is meaningless and just encourages speculation when an email or letter to CalMac would see the OOW definately receive it??

Very unfortunate incident.
 
I came across this forum from a link on another – having read through this thread, I felt compelled to register, in order to express my dislike of the comments expressed by some, in particular by BlowingOldBoots.

The post by Donaldson was to me perfectly in order. His posts were timed at 21:38 and 21:58 on Thursday, at which time very few, if any, facts pertaining to the incident were known. The search at that time had been postponed until today.

It would have been totally wrong for him to introduce what would have been total speculation; surely a basic rule when commenting on any potentially fatal event is to stick to known facts. I have no reason to doubt that the facts which he stated were accurate; the facts as stated are, as he says, a fine example of British seamanship. As for BlowingOldBoots’ comment ”the impact is almost meaningless as the vast majority wont know what or who the Lord of The Isles is” – a major unit of the Calmac fleet - well, I don’t think so.

Allan Macmillan
 
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