Bourbon Dolphin

Bourbon Dolphin

The "Bourbon Dolphin" was an anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) of Bourbon Offshore Norway. On April 12, 2007, the ship capsized off the coast of Shetland, sinking three days later while preparations were made in order to tow it to shore.

History

The "Bourbon Dolphin" was built at the Ulstein Verft in 2006, the design being called "ULSTEIN A102". She was part of a three-ship contract with Bourbon, the two others being the "Bourbon Orca" and "Bourbon Mistral. [no icon [http://www.ulsteingroup.com/Kunder%5Culstein%5Ccms.nsf/pages/newslistd.htm?open&disp_key=07F7AB2F20643BFDC1257257004662A5 Ulstein Verft website] ]

On February 21, 2007 the "Dolphin" succeeded in pulling the German mine hunter "Grömitz" to sea again after it had run aground near Florø. [no icon [http://www.bt.no/lokalt/sf/article342740.ece Dregen av grunn] , Bergens Tidende]

Less than two months later, on April 12, she capsized with 15 Norwegian sailors aboard. Eight were picked up by vessels already on scene and two were found by Her Majesty's Coastguard, while five are still missing. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/6550077.stm Five missing after vessel capsize] , BBC] Three of the ten recovered were reported dead. [no icon [http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2007/04/12/497609.html Tre nordmenn omkommet - fem savnet] , Dagbladet] The incident happened while the "Dolphin" was anchoring the semi-submersible drilling platform "Transocean Rather". The 99-man crew of the "Rather" was evacuated by the RAF. [no icon [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article1733723.ece Riggen evakuert] , Aftenposten]

On Sunday the 15. of April, the "Bourbon Dolphin" sank in 1,100 meters of water off the coast of Shetland [no icon [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=190732 VG Nett: «Bourbon Dolphin» har sunket] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.bergenships.com/Bourbon%20Dolphin.html Picture gallery at Bergenships]

Articles

* [http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=2&storyid=3195 Bourbon Dolphin had nearly toppled before] ,

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