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Offline George Anderson

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What happened here?
« on: June 12, 2007, 08:38:46 PM »
http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/stena_discovery_1997_bild_004.htm


:-o Might have been posted and I don't know if this is in the right section but what happened here?

Offline Jan Carl Nielsen

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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2007, 09:09:14 PM »
Hmm it looks like she probably crashed against the quay, maybe during mooring operations. Doesn

Offline Pieter_Inpijn

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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2007, 05:56:02 AM »
The same site mentions indeed a collision during mooring in 2003. But this ship was also involved in an incident during heavy storm and high seas, in which she did not reduce speed and lost a lot of her bowsection. I don't know which of the two incidents is shown on the photo.
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Offline Joe Watson

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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2007, 06:05:09 AM »
As I recall it was wave damage sustained during her early years. The material used was lightweight and fragile (as you can see from the pictures!). She was laid up for a short time afterwards for repairs, this time using stronger materials.

Here is some damage caused by her actually hitting a jetty:
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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2007, 02:37:39 PM »
Ask Cees de Bijl (Cees=username);
he surely will know!!!
best regards
Geert(Zappa)
Dutch Riverpilot for 31 years(1965/08 untill 1996/01) on RiverScheldt(located in Belgium/The Netherlands); between Flushing and Antwerp vice-versa..Over 4000 ships of all sizes were piloted in that period.

 

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