OCH that’s wee unfortunate! That’s probably a sanitised version of the words expressed by workers in a Scottish dockyard, where a large ship tipped over while on stands and injured 25 people. The incident at Edinburgh’s Imperial Dock last week saw emergency services called, with local police telling the public...
OCH that’s wee unfortunate!
That’s probably a sanitised version of the words expressed by workers in a Scottish dockyard, where a large ship tipped over while on stands and injured 25 people.
The incident at Edinburgh’s Imperial Dock last week saw emergency services called, with local police telling the public to avoid the area to allow access for ambulances.
The ship (pictured) ended up leaning at a 45-degree angle, with locals confirming the 76-metre Petrel had become dislodged during a dry dock due to strong wings.
The research vessel has been idle since 2020, but previously led several missions to locate historic shipwrecks under the ownership of Paul Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder.
It’s apparently equipped with deep-sea exploration technology, and in 2017 helped discover the submerged wreck of the USS Indianapolis in the Philippine Sea.
