Tug sinking off Torbay

[Tony1]

Just been announced on bbc news that a tug boat is sinking off the coast off Hope's Nose off the coast of Torbay, in the UK.

Looking at ais it would appear to be the Christos 22, the warship Lancaster and HMS Severn along with a couple of lifeboats are at the scene.

Im pretty sure i heard them say on the news that the 6 crew have been rescued.

The tug was reported to be towing a empty hull which has somehow made a gash on the tugs port side, after the tug stopped and the empty hull didnt.

Hope this is of interest to someone.

   

[DanEarl]

http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/UPDATE-Tug-sinking-Tor-Bay-crew-airlifted-shore/story-17846380-detail/story.html

Regards,  Dan.

[DanEarl]

According to the BBC :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-21007236

It is the CHRISTOS XXII former Banckert IMO 7230135

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1614117

Regards, Dan.

[SteKrueBe]

'Christos XXII' was towing the former education vessel 'Emsstrom' from my hometown Leer.
The 'Emsstrom' (ex. fishing authority vessel 'Frithof'). was scheduled to be scrapped in Aliaga - as far as i know.
Brdgs,
Stefan

[DanEarl]

A little bit of an update :

http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item_10504.html

Regards, Dan.

[davidships]

CHRISTOS XXII seems now stablised and divers commencing temporary repair now that more pumps arrived.

But EMSSTROM apparently took increased list and has now sunk.

[holedrille]

Can someone who knows more about tugs than I do advise whether a 44 m tug can bunker 200 tonnes of fuel. Seems rather a lot to me!
Holedriller

[SteKrueBe]

Tugs like "Christos XXII" were designed for longer seavoyages, so 200 tons fuel is quite normal. By the way, "Christos XXII"'s deadweight capacity is 382 tons.
Brgds,
Stefan

[Phil English]

200 tons bunker capacity is possible for a tug of this size , however, if you total the 4 fuel tanks on the Christos XXII's GA plan, it comes to 123 cbm. That's about the same in tons, depending on the specific gravity of the fuel type used.

http://www.spanopoulos-group.com/UserFiles/GA%20PLAN.jpg

Brgds
Phil

[SteKrueBe]

Hi Phil, that's quite a good point! However, until some decades ago changing tanks was normal business and even later some Tugs have their ballast tanks (or parts of it) prepared for fuel to improve sea endurance. I'm not sure about this case for "Christos XXII", but we made it in two older tugs of one of my previous companies.
Maybe ...

[davidships]

LR had her bunker capacity listed as 259t (distillate fuel) since at least 1990.

[DanEarl]

A slight update that she has arrived in Weymouth Bay :

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/10162405.Stricken_tug_in_Weymouth_Bay/

Cheers, Dan.

[B.Clark]

it looks like Trinity House is on scene with 'Patricia' and 'Alert'.
Patricia came from the Guernsey area and will no doubt be laying 'wreck buoys' after Alert has finished locating the sunken vessel.

[DanEarl]

A dramatic photo here of the Royal Navy rescue team plugging the hole to stem the water :

http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item_10509.html

Cheers, Dan.

[brimar]

It's interesting to note that there seems to have been problems in Leer when the 2 harbour tugs were bringing the 'Emsstrom' away from her berth into the river to transfer the tow onto the 'Christos XX11 . . .it appeared that the 2 harbour tugs were struggling against the strong tide and it appeared that the 'Emsstrom' went aground,were as an additional harbour tug was called upon . . . when she was eventially refloated and was taken out into the river to connect to the main tug, it was evident that the Emsstrom had developed an approx 10 degree list and was brought back alongside another berth for reaccessment.

If you go to youtube and tap in, emsstrom there are two video's listed . . one of the possible grounding and the second is of the 10 degree list appearing and the return tow back to the berth.
(the direct link i posted did not work .sorry!