Friday, March 24, 2023

Navy Research Ship Petrel tipped over in a drydock in Scotland, UK

(Satellite, BBC said Imperial Dock but the first video showed Dales Marine Services, which is more consistent with the photos)

safe_image for Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard
"NHS Lothian said 23 people had been treated in hospital and 12 people at the scene of the incident at Imperial Dock, Leith....Pictures posted on social media showed the 3,000-tonne vessel, which is owned by the US Navy, leaning at a 45-degree angle....A spokesperson for NHS Lothian said eight were still in the Royal Infirmary, some with 'serious injuries', and outpatient appointments, endoscopies and planned surgeries had been cancelled to 'free-up our surgical staff'....Iraklis Lazakis, from the department of marine architecture and engineering at the University of Strathclyde, said it was a 'very, very unusual' incident. He told BBC Scotland's The Nine he believed the strong winds were unlikely to be the root cause of the incident."
Several people had "thoughts" and some of them also had "prayers."
[The end of the article has some details about the ship.]


BBC
"A spokesperson from Forth Ports said the incident happened at the facility of its tenant, Dales Marine Services."

This is a follow up video that has three photos of the tipped ship. The previous video gives some background on the ship.
11:34 video @ 0:00

9:54 video @ 2:14

May 2, 2023: a 9:43 update video. Done by a ship fan who doesn't have much information. But some of the scenes are interesting.


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