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WINDWARD II - IMO 6417047

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Photographer:
Robert West [ View profile ]
Captured:
Apr 2, 2011
Photo Category:
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Mar 30, 2014
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3,264 x 2,176

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This was one of the last photographs, taken of the Windward II. The vessel started life in 1964, as the cross channel ferry Viking II. On April 2nd 2011, she was in collision with the drillship Petrosaudi Saturn. The result of which, caused her to sink soon after. The photograph was taken from the Petrosaudi Saturn, just before the collision. The damage caused by the collision to the Saturn was $100 million. The sum was so much as the well we had drilled for PDVSA, was destroyed. The loss of $100 million was apparently Lloyds second biggest loss of 2011.

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Current name:
WINDWARD II

Former name(s):

 -  Cesme Stern (Until 2001)

 -  Pearl William (Until 1996 Apr)

 -  William (Until 1992 Jun)

 -  Earl William (Until 1992 Apr)

 -  Carferry Viking Ii (Until 1977)

Vessel Type:
Ro-ro/passenger Ship
Gross tonnage:
5,739 tons
Summer DWT:
928 tons

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Fascinating and so sad to read this. I remember the Earl William and her compadres in Weymouth and Portsmouth so so well. Amazing ship and quite a life. I wish she could have been preserved. Still, if she was being sold for scrap, then sinking perhaps means her legacy lives on - lying there at the bottom of the ocean. I would have loved to have seen her again.

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When the Windward II, collided with the PetroSaudi Saturn, she was still under tow of the Icon 1. from the information I got, the Icon 1 attempted to pass the Petrosaudi Saturn on the starboard side. However, because of a 3 knot current, she drifted towards the PetroSaudi Saturn, as she got closer. The Icon 1 then had insufficient power, to pull the Windward II clear, and so was unable to prevent a collision. Strangely enough the Venezuelan navy, had a vessel on scene within 30 minutes of the collision. They subsequently arrested the crews of both the Icon 1 and the Windward II.

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She was being towed from Trinidad to Dominican Republic for demolition by tug ICON I. The story is a little uncertain. Some reports claim that the tug had engine trouble and the two vessels drifted into Venezuelan waters and the PETROSAUDI SATURN, whereupon the tug cut the tow and the ferry drifted away and sank. Others claim that the ferry fouled the drillship while still under active tow, and then continued the voyage, but the ferry sank from the damage on 3 April about 39 miles NE of PETROSAUDI SATURN.

The Venezuelan Navy detained the ICON I and her crew of 7, who were charged with criminal damage to state property; the tug was handed over to the Ministry of Finance in 2012 and is no doubt mouldering away in Carúpano.

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person
Thank for this post Robert. I had heard a while back that she had sunk in 2011, but had not seen pictures of it, let alone the whole story of the event. Excellent post.

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I did not actually see her sink, as I was too busy dealing with the effects of the collision. I was told later that she had sunk nearby. If there is anybody else with further information, then I would love to hear it.

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Thanks a lot Robert
regards,Víctor

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She was laid up for a long time in Trinidad. She was towed from there, with the intention of reaching Venezuela. She was under tow by a tug called Icon 1, when she collided with the the PetroSaudi Saturn. You are correct in saying that she was dead, hence no lifeboats.

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person
Interesting! No lifeboats? I assume she is dead on the contrary that Equasis and other sources
Thanks for sharing

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At the time of the collision, the PetroSaudi Saturn was anchored in the Caribean Sea, at a point about 20 miles from Venezuela and about 25 miles from Trinidad.

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Imo 6417047

blt as VIKING II

64 CARFERRY VIKING II - 77 EARL WILLIAM - 92 WILLIAM - 92 PEARL WILLIAM - 96 MAR.JULIA - 97 CESME STERN - 01 WINDWARD II

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