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Norway's warship collides with tanker in fjord
Not strictly aviation material, but still...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46136564 Norway has evacuated all 137 crew from one of its warships after it collided in a fjord with a Maltese oil tanker. Eight people were lightly injured in the collision in the Hjeltefjord near Bergen. The KNM Helge Ingstad frigate has been listing dangerously. The warship had been returning from Nato military exercises. The tanker, the Sola TS, was slightly damaged and it appears that it did not spill oil. The incident led to the shutdown of a major oil terminal and a gas plant. |
Keep scrolling down that BBC report ... that is a very unhappy ship, and a Captain whose career has suffered similiar damage. |
Happened twice to US warships, must be something about grey ships, they just won’t keep their distance. |
Can't see what your on about, has it been redacted now?
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Sad ending
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It. Will. Buff. Out. Sorry, not really a subject for humour .,, very sad all round. From the earlier video, it seemed the tugs were shoving her into the shallows to facilitate subsequent recovery. |
Not a lot of detail here, but it seems like damage control must have been marginal if the ship has essentially sunk, albeit in very shallow water.
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Yes, the ship was pushed into shallow waters to prevent sinking. AIS was turned off, not that it would have made a big difference as the tanker could hardly maneuver on short notice. Some warships also turn off the navigation lights, should be outlawed in piece time. |
Originally Posted by KenV
(Post 10305532)
Not a lot of detail here, but it seems like damage control must have been marginal if the ship has essentially sunk, albeit in very shallow water.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9ca8c02de7.jpg |
I think they only have 5 and 1 is maybe laid up or in deep maintenance
not funny when 20% of your Navy goes south........... |
That has the look of being struck by the ‘blob’ on the bow of the tanker. Perhaps there’s a serviceable dry dock somewhere nearby? ;) |
Not a lot of detail here, but it seems like damage control must have been marginal if the ship has essentially sunk, albeit in very shallow water. That was a very good decision by someone who was certainly thinking on their feet in a very difficult situation. Now it is a re-float and repair operation rather than marking a submerged wreck as a permanent hazard to navigation. |
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article221338960.html Reports are she lost her jet fuel through leakage and the propulsion is now under water as the stern sank, I wonder if she has her helicopter still on board, would you tend to shut the hangar door after wheeling it out prior to launching it? The other doors appear left open. It would not surprise me if she gets scrapped, there is a lot of structural damage, power plant and a lot of electronics probably under water. |
Boom seems a bit none effective https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2018/11/norwegian-frigate-takes-water-after-collision |
Originally Posted by MPN11
(Post 10305650)
That has the look of being struck by the ‘blob’ on the bow of the tanker. Perhaps there’s a serviceable dry dock somewhere nearby? ;) https://www.pprune.org/military-avia...rier-woes.html |
Most of the US ships sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack were refloated, repaired, and returned to duty before WW II was over - and they were in far worse shape than this one (the notable exceptions being the Arizona and Utah - which are still there as permanent memorials - and the Oklahoma which was refloated but somehow sank in deep water while being towed to the mainland to be scrapped).
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Video of the tugs pushing the ship to ground it in this article (Tower Dog can translate):
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/y...jKhdrCmy4F6qVw |
Originally Posted by tdracer
(Post 10305907)
Most of the US ships sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack were refloated, repaired, and returned to duty before WW II was over - and they were in far worse shape than this one (the notable exceptions being the Arizona and Utah - which are still there as permanent memorials - and the Oklahoma which was refloated but somehow sank in deep water while being towed to the mainland to be scrapped).
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Now it is a re-float and repair operation rather than marking a submerged wreck as a permanent hazard to navigation. |
Courtesy of Slartibartfast...... |
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