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Machinery
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 |
| Moon Clipper (No 21/2012) |
High-speed catamaran | Steering control failure and subsequent contact on the River Thames, resulting in injuries to several passengers and crew. | 5/10/2011 |
| Pride of Calais (No 18/2012) |
Ro-ro vessel | Machinery failure leading to contact with the berth in Calais, France. | 22/10/2011 |
| Saffier (No 9/2012) |
Cargo vessel | Failure of the controllable pitch propeller resulting in heavy contact with a berthed tug in Immingham harbour. | 25/06/2011 |
| Blue Note (No 7/2012) |
Dry cargo vessel | Derailment of the hatch-lid gantry crane while alongside in Londonderry, Northern Ireland | 22/07/11 |
| Clonlee (No 6/2012) |
Feeder container vessel | Electrical blackout and subsequent grounding on the River Tyne | 16/03/11 |
| RMS Queen Mary 2 (No 28/2011) |
Cruise vessel | Catastrophic capacitor failure in the aft harmonic filter room while approaching Barcelona | 23/09/10 |
| Sand Falcon (No 16/2010) |
Dredger | Failure of the stores crane | 29/01/10 |
| Cormorant (No 15/2010) |
Floating sheerleg | Lifting equipment failure | 07/03/10 |
| Stellar Voyager (No 25/2009) |
Oil tanker | Catastrophic failure of a windlass hydraulic motor resulting in a major injury, off Tees Bay | 23/03/09 |
| Moondance (No 5/2009) |
Ro-ro cargo vessel | The electrical blackout and subsequent grounding of Moondance in Warrenpoint Harbour, Northern Ireland | 29/06/08 |
| Figaro (No 14/2008) |
Vehicle carrier | Inadvertant release of Carbon Dioxide and disabling of vessel | 06/12/07 |
| MSC Napoli (No 9/2008) |
Container vessel | Structural failure of UK flagged container vessel | 18/01/07 |
| Maersk Doha (No 15/2007) |
Container vessel | Machinery breakdown and subsequent fire onboard | 02/10/06 |
| P&O Nedlloyd Genoa (No 20/2006) |
Cargo vessel | Loss of cargo containers overboard | 27/01/06 |
| Savannah Express (No 8/2006) |
Container vessel | Engine failure and subsequent contact with linkspan at Southampton Docks. | 19/07/2005 |
| Pride of Provence (No 16/2004) |
Dry bulk carrier | Failure of the starboard bow door on Pride of Provence at Calais | 22/02/04 |
| Norsea (No 16/2003) |
Ro-ro ferry | Failure of a low-pressure fuel pipe on the main diesel generator resulting a in fire in the aft engine room of Ro-ro ferry Norsea | 02/09/02 |
| Marine Explorer (No 2/2002) |
Lifeboat | Failure of lifeboat winch brake on Marine Explorer in Harwich,with two injured | 14/03/01 |
| Randgrid (No 6/2002) |
Shuttle Tanker | Parting of mooring line between the Tetney buoy and the North Sea shuttle tanker Randgrid resulting in the discharge of 12 tonnes of crude oil into the Humber Estuary | 20/12/00 |
| European Highway (No 1/2002) |
Lifeboat/Fast Rescue Craft | Accident to lifeboat and fast rescue craft from European Highway in Zeebrugge, four injured | 01/12/00 |
| Pride of Bilbao (No 4/2001) |
Rescue boat | Rescue boat falling from Pride of Bilbao into Cherbourg Harbour injuring two people | 01/07/00 |
| Aquitaine (15/2000) |
Lifeboat | Failure of lifeboat bowsing gear on vessel in Falmouth dry-dock | 29/10/99 |
| P&OSL Calais (No 13/2001) |
Ro-ro passenger ferry | Failure of No 5 lifeboat winch on 25 June 1999, and related investigation into self-lifting sprag clutch behaviour | 27/06/99 |
| Dea Fighter (No 39/2000) |
Fast rescue craft | Investigation of two lifting wire failures on starboard Fast Rescue Craft davit of safety stand-by vessel | 13/05/99 and 16/07/99 |
| Island Princess (No 37/2000) |
Cruise Liner | Rupture of the port economiser on board resulting in two deaths | 07/12/97 |
| Symphony (No 18/2000) |
Class V Passenger Vessel | Steering failure and subsequent collision with Lambeth Bridge on River Thames | 04/10/99 |
| Arcadia | Cruise ship | Lifeboat winch failure on passenger cruise ship | 09/12/99 |
| Enak/Loveletter | General cargo | Failure of lifting arrangement in Sunderland Docks with loss of one life | 09/05/97 |
| Pride of Hampshire | Ro-ro vehicle passenger ferry | Lifeboat accident on a Ro-ro passenger vessel | 25/09/94 |
| Havkong |
Liquid Petrolium Gas Tanker | A joint MAIB/HSE investigation into an incident at Braefoot Bay Terminal by Aberdour, Fife | 23/01/93 |
| Hoegh Duke Published 09/12/94 |
Bulk carrier | Lifeboat accident with six seamen killed and six others hospitalised | 20/08/92 |
| Mobil Petrel Published 28/11/91 |
Oil tanker | Over pressurisation of cargo tank | 28/11/91 |
Fishing Vessels
No Incidents currently fall into this category
Leisure Crafts
No Incidents currently fall into this category






