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VULCAN SERVICE - IMO 7508441

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Photographer:
stephen-s [ View profile ]
Captured:
Jun 25, 1986
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Mar 4, 2014
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1,740 x 1,164

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SUPPLY VESSEL

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Current name:
VULCAN SERVICE

Former name(s):

 -  Sealion Discovery (Until 1985)

 -  Sea Orient (Until 1984)

Vessel Type:
Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel
Gross tonnage:
1,366 tons
Summer DWT:
2,123 tons

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Supply Ships/Tug Supplies/AHTS - 2 photos

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Gary Markham

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stephen-s

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A summary of the MAIB report is at page 13 of:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373837/Safety_Digest_1_1992.pdf
(I do not think that the full report is available on-line)

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person
Is this the one that rolled over at the rig and there was a photo of her bow sticking up out of the water by the rig in the papers?

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More info:A official inquiry is to be held into a Christmas collision at sea between a supply ship and a gas rigg.


The Department of Transport marine investigation branch will hold a routine probe into the accident,which saw 12 crew members of the Vulcan Service plucked from the seas.


The accident happened on Christmas Day as the ship unloaded supplies to the Arch Rowan gas platform... 60 miles off Yarmouth in heavy seas.


And bad weather was continuing to dog the salvage operation to get the sunken Vulcan,said Yarmouth Coastgards yesterday(28/12/90)


High winds and giant waves were stopping the Trinity House vessal Patricia putting down buoys to show the location of the wreck.


Standby ships were having to act as markers instead.


With force nine winds still forcast,no salvage would be possible for some time,said the Coastgards.


Ship owners Zapata Gulf Marine said they would send down divers to the Vulcan Service once the weather improved.Only then could they make a decision,in liaison with Trinity House,on whether to reflote or destroy the wreck,said North Sea operations manager Andrew Cox.


The wreck was now lying 80ft down on the seabed,six miles away from the rig,having floted around for nearly three hours before sinking fully.


Attempts would be made to redeploy the 12-man crew among the company's 320 other offshore supply vessels in the North Sea or West Africa.


The Vulcan Service was unloading drill casting,chemicals,oil,fule and water at the time of the accident.


Rig operaters Conoco said ther had been no apparent collision damage to the leg of the Arch Rowan,which had 64 men on board.


the company was concerned at the accident and would act on any recomendations resulting from the inquiry said public affairs officer Keith Webster.


The jack-up drilling and exploration platform had not worked since the day of the collision,but through bad weather conditions offering offering a threat to the men and drilling pipes.


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person
Hi Alistair!!
This ship was built to Bugge Supply Ships in Norway.
I am interested in what happend and where.

Cheers!

Edvard Aseboe

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Dear Stephen,
Thank you so much for this photograph! I was sailing as 3rd Engineer when she sank on Christmas day 1990. I have tried to find a photograph of her for many years so to find one at last means so much to me. I didn't take any pictures of her until that last fateful trip. The rolls of film will still be in my drawer in plastic containers, if anyone fancies popping down there to get them!
Cheers!
Alistair Biggar

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