Investigation Reports

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Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Beatrice
(No 3/2002)
Class V amphibious passenger craft Propulsion failure and subsequent beaching of the Class V amphibious passenger craft, opposite the River Thames Fire Station, Lambeth 31/03/01
Berit
(No 17/2006)
Hatchless Containership Grounding of Berit, Trindelen Bank, near Gedser, Denmark 05/01/06
Balmoral
(No 14/2005)
Passenger vessel Grounding of passenger vessel Balmoral, Dagger Reef – Gower Peninsula 18/10/04
Baltiyskiy
(No 20/2001)
General Cargo vessel Accident on the general cargo vessel resulting in the death of a seaman, while on passage from Riga, Latvia to Poole, UK 10/09/00
Be Ready
(No 30/2000)
Fishing vessel Fire on board vessel while fishing 30 miles north-west of the Orkney Islands 22/01/00
Betty James
(No 34/2000)
Fishing vessel Grounding and subsequent loss of fishing vessel off Isle of Rhum 10/07/00
Baltic Champ General cargo/multi-deck Grounding off Kirkwall 04/02/99
Big Yellow
(No 11/2006)
RIB Hull failure of the rigid inflatable boat Big Yellow , Porthmeor Beach, St Ives Bay, Cornwall 26/08/06
fv Beverley Ann II
(No 4/2000)
Fishing vessels Collision 09/03/00
Lady Hamilton of Helford & Blithe Spirit Fishing vessels Report on the investigation of the collision between Lady Hamilton of Helford and Blithe Spirit Falmouth Bay in Cornwall on 3 October 2007 03/10/07
Blue Hooker Fishing vessel Loss of the fishing vessel with two lives off Blackchurch Rock, North Devon 12/11/99
Blue Sinata
(No 7/2006)
Fishing vessel Foundering of Blue Sinata in Weymouth Bay 08/09/05
Bluebell of Warsash
(No 20/2000)
Yacht Collision between the yacht and an unidentified ship 23 miles south of the Needles, IOW 07/08/99
Borga Tanker Grounding of a tanker at Milford Haven 29/10/95
Border Heather
(No 5/2006)
Coastal tanker Explosion and fire on Border Heather in Grangemouth, Firth of Forth, Scotland 31/10/04
Bounty
(No 2/2006)
Trawler Capsize and loss of the 9.8m trawler Bounty 4 miles off Berry Head, South Devon 23/05/05
Bowsprite Suction dredger Vessel lost with four lives in the North Sea 05/12/88
BRAER (mt) Tanker Engine failure and subsequent grounding of an oil tanker at Garths Ness, Shetland 05/01/93
Brenda Prior/Beatrice
(No 16/2005)
Aggregates Dredger Collision between Brenda Prior and Beatrice, Lambeth Pier, River Thames 17/12/04
Bramble Bush Bay
(No 20/2002)
Chain Ferry/Yachts Collision between chain ferry and four XOD class yachts at the entrance to Poole Harbour
Brenscombe
(No 22/2005)
Canoe Investigation of the Brenscombe Outdoor Centre canoe swamping accident in Poole Harbour, Dorset 06/04/05
Breakaway 5
(No 2/2004)
Hire day boat Capsize of Breakaway 5, River Bure, Norfolk 19/07/03
British Trent/Western Winner
Tanker/Bulk Carrier Collision between a tanker and a bulk carrier with the loss of nine lives 03/06/93
British Enterprise
(No 25/2005)
Double hulled tanker Grounding of British Enterprise Ahirkapi Anchorage Area, Istanbul, Turkey 11/12/04
fv Brothers
(No 1/2007)
Stern Trawler Investigation of the grounding of vessel with the loss of two lives off Eilean Trodday 01/06/06
Bro Axel/Noordhinder
(No 22/2003)
Tanker/Beam Trawler Near miss between Bro Axel and Noordhinder and the subsequent grounding of Bro Axel at Milford Haven 05/09/12
Brucestone/Loverval
(No 31/2001)
Tank barge/Ro-ro cargo Collision between vessels, River Thames, Purfleet Deepwater Berth 21/12/00