Reports by incident

Flooding/Foundering

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

Merchant vessels

Vessel Name Vessel Type Accident Type Accident Date
Sapphire II and Silver Chord
(No 21/2011)
Fishing vessels Collision resulting in the foundering of Sapphire II off Stornoway, Scotland. 12/01/11
Abigail H
(No 15/2009)
Grab hopper dredger Investigation into the flooding and foundering of dredger Abigail H in Port of Heysham. 02/11/08
Flying Phantom
(No 17/2008)
Tug Loss of tug Flying Phantom while towing Red Jasmine on the River Clyde, resulting in 3 fatalities and 1 injury. 19/12/07
Portsmouth Express
(No 14/2003)
High Speed craft Wash wave accident 18/07/02
QE2
(No 9/2003)
Passenger cruise ship Flooding of aft engine 23/06/02
Global Mariner
(No 35/2002)
Dry cargo vessel Collision and subsequent foundering 02/08/00
P&OSL Canterbury
(No 16/2002)
Ro-ro passenger vessel Flooding 17/05/01
Sonia
(No 29/2000)
Cargo vessel Flooding to engine room 01/09/99
Silvery Sea/
Merkur

(No 21/2000)
Fishing vessel/Container ship Collision which lead to the foundering of Silvery Sea 14/06/98
Adherence Tug Loss of tug in the Bay of Biscay 25/10/96
Rema
(No 1/2000)
Single deck cargo vessel Foundering with the loss of four lives 25/04/1998
Trijnie Workboat/tug Capsize and foundering 08/09/98
Irving Forest
Published 30/04/92
General cargo vessel Abandonment and subsequent sinking of a motor vessel January 1990
Bowsprite
Published 02/05/91
Suction dredger Loss of vessel with four lives 05/12/88

Fishing vessels

Vessel Name Vessel Type Accident Type Accident Date
Shark & Royalist dual report
(No 13/2008)
Fishing vessels Fire on board FV Shark and Foundering of FV Royalist 19/01/2008 & 23/01/2008
Blue Sinata
(No 7/2006)
Fishing vessel Foundering 08/09/05
Auriga
(No 3/2006)
Fishing vessel Loss of vessel 30/06/05
Fleur de Lys
(No 36/2001)
Fishing vessel Explosion on board vessel which then foundered 18 miles south-east of Portland Bill 16/04/00
Solway Harvester
(No 1/2006)
19.43m scallop dredger Sinking with seven fatalities 11/01/00
Elegance
(No 9/2004)
Fishing vessel Two engine room fires, subsequent flooding and foundering of the fishing vessel Elegance 30 miles north-west of Shetland on 30 January 2004 and 8.5 miles west of Shapinsay on 5 March 2004 30/01/04 and 05/03/04
Aurelia
(No 40/2002)
Fishing vessel Flooding and loss of fishing vessel 78 miles west of St Kilda 13/08/01
Christine Nielsen
(No 38/2001)
Fishing vessel Flooding and foundering 18/03/01
Annandale
(No 5/2001)
Fishing vessel Flooding and foundering 23/03/00
Random Harvest
(No 28/2000)
Charter fishing vessel Flooding 03/07/99
Harbour lights
(No 27/2000)
Gill netter Loss of vessel with the loss of one life 08/01/00
Sharona
(No 25/2000)
Trawler Flooding and foundering 03/08/99
Amber Rose
(No 24/2000)
Pelagic trawler Foundering with the loss of one life 15/10/98
Radiant Star III
(No 14/2000)
Pair/stern trawler Foundering 06/08/99
Jasper III
(No 12/2000)
Fishing vessel Foundering 10/09/99
Pescalanza Fishing vessel Sinking of the fishing vessel with the loss of six lives 02/11/98
Constancy
Fishing vessel Sinking of fishing vessel 30/07/99
Sapphire
(No 1/1999)
Fishing vessel Sinking of fishing vessel with loss of four lives 01/10/97
Westhaven
Published 19/11/98
Fishing vessel Loss of vessel with four lives 10/03/97
Pescado
Published 22/09/98
Fishing vessel Loss of fishing vessel with
the loss of all six crew
February 1991
Gorah Lass
Published 23/07/98
Fishing vessel Loss of vessel with three lives 23/07/98
Heather Bloom
Published 23/11/95
Fishing vessel Loss of vessel with the loss of one life 03/12/94
Ocean Hound
Published 10/09/92
Fishing vessel Loss of vessel with the
loss of five lives
Between
10th-11th
August 1991
Margaret/
William II

Published 29/05/92
Fishing vessel Loss of vessel with the
loss of two lives
04/09/91
Premier
Published 27/02/92
Fishing vessel Foundering 12/12/90
Grey Flamingo
Published 05/07/91
Fishing vessel Foundering with the loss
of two crew members
24/11/89

Leisure crafts

Vessel Name Vessel Type Accident Type Accident Date
Last Call
(No 11/2008)
Motor Cruiser Foundering of a motor cruiser at Whitby resulting in the loss of three lives 23/11/07
Loch Ryan
(No 5/2004)
RIB Swamping and foundering of a 4.6m grp open sports boat with the loss of three lives on Loch Ryan south-west Scotland 12/07/03
Loch Ryan
(No 4/2004)
RIB Swamping of unnamed cabin cruiser in Lady Bay on Loch Ryan, 3 September 2003, and associated wave generation issues 03/09/03
Samphire of Wells
(No 7/2000)
Dinghy Foundering of dinghy off north Norfolk coast with loss of two lives 16/12/99
Drum Major
Narrow boat Foundering of narrow boat with the loss of four lives at Steg Neck lock near Gargrave, North Yorkshire 19/08/98