Investigation Reports 2012

Reports have been split into three categories, Merchant, Fishing and Leisure. Click on the links within the tables to view each investigation report.

Merchant vessel reports

Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Norcape
(No 28/2012)
Ro-Ro cargo ferry Windlass damage, grounding and accident to person, Firth of Clyde and Troon Harbour, West Scotland 26-27/11/11
Stena Feronia and Union Moon
(No 26/2012)
RoPax vessel and cargo vessel Collision in Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland 7/03/12
Saga Sapphire
(No 25/2012)
Cruise ship Two men overboard while conducting a lifeboat drill alongside No 106 berth, Southampton 29/03/12
Springbok and Gas Arctic
(No 24/2012)
Cargo ship and LPG Tanker Collision in English Channel 6nm south of Dungeness 24/03/12
SD Nimble
(No 23/2012)
Tug Accidental discharge of carbon dioxide resulting in serious injury to a shore-based service engineer at HM Naval Base Faslane, West Scotland 23/08/11
Ernest Bevin
(No 22/2012)
Ferry Fatal accident of a crew member on the Woolwich ferry on the River Thames, London 3/08/11
Moon Clipper
(No 21/2012)
High-speed catamaran Steering control failure and subsequent contact with Tower Millenium Pier on the River Thames, London, resulting in injuries to 14 passengers and 2 crew 5/10/11
Tempanos
(No 20/2012)
Container vessel Fatal accident on board the container vessel while berthed in the port of Felixstowe, UK 17/12/11
Tombarra Part A - the weight of the rescue boat
(No 19A/2012)
Car carrier Fatality to a rescue boat crewman, Royal Portbury Docks, Bristol 07/02/11
Tombarra Part B - the failure of the fall wire
(No 19B/2012)
Car carrier Fatality to a rescue boat crewman, Royal Portbury Docks, Bristol 07/02/11
Pride of Calais
(No 18/2012)
Ro-ro vessel Machinery failure leading to contact with the berth in Calais, France 22/10/11
Clipper Point
(No 16/2012)
Ro-ro cargo ferry Contact between ferry and two berthed ships at the Port of Heysham, Lancashire 24/05/11
Cameron
(No 14/2012)
Mooring vessel Serious injury to a chief officer, Crosby Channel, Liverpool 21/11/11
Scot Pioneer
(No 13/2012)
Cargo vessel Fatal injury to a crewman during cargo operations on a UK vessel, Belview Port, Waterford, Republic of Ireland 27/10/11
Chiefton
(No 12/2012)
Tug Collision, capsize and foundering, with the loss of one crewmember at Greenwich Reach, River Thames. 12/08/2011
Dette G
(No 11/2012)
Container vessel Fatal manoverboard during cargo operations while alongside in Queen Elizabeth Dock, Hull. 16/01/2012
Karin Schepers
(No 10/2012)
Container vessel Grounding at Pendeen, Cornwall, UK 03/08/2011
Saffier
(No 9/2012)
Cargo vessel Failure of the controllable pitch propeller resulting in heavy contact with a berthed tug in Immingham harbour, Lincolnshire 25/06/2011
Sun Clipper and Morfil
(No 8/2012)
Passenger vessel and Rigid-hulled inflatable boat Collision by Blackfriars Road Bridge, River Thames, London 1/06/2011
Blue Note
(No 7/2012)
Dry cargo vessel Derailment of the hatch-lid gantry crane while alongside in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. 22/07/2011
Clonlee
(No 6/2012)
Feeder container vessel Electrical blackout and subsequent grounding on the River Tyne. 16/03/2011
CSL Thames
(No 2/2012)
Bulk carrier Grounding in the Sound of Mull, West Scotland 9/08/2011

 

Fishing vessel reports

Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Onward
(No 27/2012)
Fishing vessel Fire onboard fishing vessel 60nm off the north coast of Scotland resulting in the loss of the vessel. 11/04/12
Moyuna
(No 17/2012)
Fishing vessel Grounding at the entrance to Ardglass Harbour, Northern Ireland 21/11/11
Starlight Rays
(No 15/2012)
Fishing vessel Fatal accident to crewman 126nm NNE of Aberdeen. 25/08/2011
About Time
(No 5/2012)
Fishing vessel Fatal man overboard off Pembrokeshire. 14/06/2011
Golden Promise
(No 3/2012)
Fishing vessel Grounding on the Island of Stroma, North Scotland 7/09/2011
Vellee
(No 1/2012)
Fishing vessel Flooding and foundering in the Little Minch, West Scotland. 6/08/2011

 

Leisure craft reports

Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Morfil and Sun Clipper
(No 8/2012)
Rigid-hulled inflatable boat and passenger vessel Collision by Blackfriars Road Bridge, River Thames, London 1/06/2011
Lion
(No 4/2012)
Reflex 38 yacht Fatal man overboard 14.5 miles south of Selsey Bill, West Sussex. 18/06/2011