Completed PE Summary

St Rognvald

Category Merchant
Date 18/10/03
Incident Type: Equipment failure
Injuries/ fatalities: None

Synopsis

Failure of lifeboat davit.

Action taken:

The Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents made recommendations to owners of the vessel with reference to:

  • Awareness of responsibilities

  • Instructions on the use of lifesaving equipment

  • Crew to be practised and competent in launching and recovery of lifeboats

  • Rotation of tasks in drills among crew