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Offline Stefan Niederer

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Scottish Viking
« on: August 05, 2010, 08:07:20 PM »
Does someone know what the MV Scottish Viking is doing here.

This is taken on August 5th, 2010 on 21:00h GMT. Started with a fast turn from fullspeed of 22 knots down to 2 knots. After that turn she went north with 5 knots and speeding up.

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2010, 08:15:45 PM »
Looks a bit like a Williamson Turn. Has someone fallen overboard or is it just an exercise?

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2010, 08:18:32 PM »
Take a look now HERE. I never have been on a ferry which was doing an exercise during a crossing... ...and she is not going back to the old course. I think she needs to go south to reach belgium  :-o .

P.S.: Actually now she is turning south again, but she's still slowing down. Maybe to get some rescue boats back. So may be it was an exercise. Took almost 90 minutes.

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2010, 08:25:41 PM »
If she went south now, she'd run aground near Eyemouth. Be patient!
Williamson Turns do need a bit of practice to get right. I am assuming that you know what I am talking about. If not, Google it.

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2010, 08:59:57 PM »
Several local lifeboats were all launched between 1948 and 2005 too. St Abbs, Dunbar, Eyemouth and both North Berwick boats were called out - what's going on?

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2010, 09:05:59 PM »
ye it looked very strange i think a man must have gone over board or she was helping a smaller boat  8-)

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2010, 09:15:17 PM »
still going on... only with 1.1 knots, but no other ships on this AIS.

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2010, 09:23:12 PM »
Person missing from fishing boat after collision with the ferry.

BBC News.

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2010, 09:34:19 PM »
hopefully they will find the missing man :-(

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2010, 10:42:10 PM »
The search has been stood down tonight and will recommence at dawn 4.30am Friday.

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Re: Scottish Viking
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2010, 02:28:54 AM »
Sad to hear :-( all are hopes to the missing man.

"The Scottish Sun" writes on their website:

A CREWMAN aboard a tiny trawler miraculously survived a smash with a 27,000 tonne ferry - as rescuers last night called off the hunt for his missing pal.

The two prawn fisherman were catapulted from the Homeland when it was hit by the 27,000 tonne Scottish Viking.

One was plucked from the water by a passing boat, Good Fellowship, but the other was still missing after the accident five miles east of St Abbs Head, Berwickshire.

Four lifeboats were launched and a helicopter was scrambled from RAF Boulmer in Northumberland in the rescue bid. The Scottish Viking, which had just put out from Rosyth for Zeebrugge in Belgium at 5pm, stopped its journey and launched its own rescue boat.

A coastguard insider said: "It all just happened so quickly so we don't know if the boat split in two, sunk or rolled over.

"The guy who survived was pretty lucky to have been picked up so quickly."

A spokeswoman added: "The fisherman who was rescued was not in the water for very long. He does not need medical treatment. His boat has sunk and the ferry stopped to look for the missing fisherman."

Peter Lowson of Aberdeen Coastguard said the search for the lost crewman would resume at first light 5am.

Forth Coastguard's Steve Higgins earlier said: "We requested the Eyemouth and Dunbar all-weather RNLI lifeboats and Dunbar and St Abbs inshore lifeboats to launch.

"The rescue helicopter from RAF Boulmer was scrambled. We broadcast messages to all shipping and 15 fishing vessels joined the search."

Scottish Viking, which can hold 489 people, is thought to have restarted its voyage at 10pm - on the route revived last year by Norfolkline.

The ferry company was last night unavailable for comment.

 

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