SS Richard Montgomery

This thread’s making me wonder if I shouldn’t add a bit more scope to my mooring further up the Medway, to allow for the inevitable “ripple” when it goes up. ;)
 
X pilot and its skipper Alan can frequently been seen around Queenborough, the boat has been hired by Film and TV crews in the past and is used to take folks out to the Maunsell Forts.
If your sea legs are not the best Xpilot is a heavy old lump and provides a very stable platform while other boats bounce around.
 
Stemar said:
Hats off to the skipper, who with 3 broken vertebrae, sternum and orbital bone, plus knee injuries got out a mayday, called his mate on the phone, launched the liferaft and help three severely injured crew onto the rescue boat.
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Also hats off to the Wind Farm vessel + crew for their response.

BTW - is the German Government liable to pay compo for this sort of incident?
 
Stemar said:
Hats off to the skipper, who with 3 broken vertebrae, sternum and orbital bone, plus knee injuries got out a mayday, called his mate on the phone, launched the liferaft and help three severely injured crew onto the rescue boat.
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Report states the injuries they all received, quite shocking really, on what would have been for them a 'normal working day'.

When the German bombers flew in and bombed Hull if they had any left over, places like Malton and Bridlington would get anything that was left over, it was said the good Germans would fly over the town and drop any left over bombs in the sea on the way back so there must be a fair number out there.
 
chrishscorp said:
Report states the injuries they all received, quite shocking really, on what would have been for them a 'normal working day'.

When the German bombers flew in and bombed Hull if they had any left over, places like Malton and Bridlington would get anything that was left over, it was said the good Germans would fly over the town and drop any left over bombs in the sea on the way back so there must be a fair number out there.
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So did the Allied bombers drop unwanted bombs in the sea, so there will be 10's of thousands littering the sea bed of the lower portion of the North Sea and a lesser number in the Channel.
 
Finding unexploded bombs isn't a rare occurrence in the UK, I believe it's a daily one in Germany.

I do hope that they all make a good recovery, though it sounds as though some, at least won't be going to sea again. Just - if just is the right word for such a horrible thing - a shit happens incident. It must be pretty rare that MAIB can't find any recommendations to make.
 
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A few years ago I eavesdropped on a VHF call between a fishing boat off Clacton and UK Coastguard.
Fisher " I've hauled up what I think is unexploded ordance, looks like a bomb"
CG. "Stand by"
Fisher " soon as you can"
CG " the bomb disposal team are delayed can you move it somewhere remote and wait please?"
Fisher " not keen on that. Tell you what, I'll take it into Brightlingsea and put it in your Aunty's shed"
CG " Bomb team on their way"
 
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