FLYING PHANTOM fire-fighting tug
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:57 pm
Built as a fire-fighting tug under yard No 486 by Fergusson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow for the Clyde Shipping Company Ltd., Glasgow.
03 December 1980 laid down.
02 July 1981 launched as the FLYING PHANTOM.
Tonnage 347 grt, 196 dwt., dim. 38.95 x 9.7 x 3.83m. (draught), length bpp. 34.0m.
Powered by two 6-cyl. 4S.C.S.A. Ruston 6RKCM type diesel engine, manufactured by Ruston Diesels Ltd., 2,820 bhp., single reduction to one shaft, speed 11 knots.
Bollard pull 40 tons.
Crew 4.
11 November 1981 completed.
1994 Sold to Clyde Tugs Ltd. (50-50 with Cory Towage Ltd.), managed by Cory Towage Ltd.
May 1995 all the shares were acquired by Cory Towage Ltd., Woking, Surrey.
January 2000 owned by Cory Towage Ltd.
03 April 2000 resultant from a take-over, owner restyled as Wijsmuller Marine Ltd.
03 September 2002 after another take-over owner restyled as Svitzer Marine Ltd.
May 1997 fitted out by Richard Dunston (Shiprepairers) Ltd, Hull with a retractable bow thruster unit, 600 bhp.
The FLYING PHANTOM was a tug built in 1981 for the Clyde Shipping Company and based in Greenock in Scotland. As a consequence of business takeovers and mergers, by 2001 she was owned by Svitzer Marine Ltd of Middlesbrough, though still based on the Clyde.
She sank in the River Clyde at Clydebank on 19 December 2007, with the loss of Stephen Humpreys (captain), Robert Cameron (engineer) and Eric Blackley (deckhand) with only Brian Aitchison surviving. She was one of three tugs assisting the bulk carrier RED JASMINE. On the night of the accident, there was extremely poor visibility, due to heavy fog.
Following the incident the Marine Accident Investigation Branch carried out a full investigation on the accident, and their report was published in September 2008. The MAIB concluded that failings in the safety regime of the harbour authority Clydeport, as well as operational shortcomings by the tug operator, contributed to the capsize of FLYING PHANTOM and the loss of the three crew-members.
Earlier reports that criminal charges had been laid against Clydeport and Svitzer were confirmed on 22 April 2013. In October 2013, Svitzer pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws, and was fined £1.7 million.
In September 2014 Clydeport was also fined £650,000.
She was salvaged by the floating crane GPS ATLAS, where after she was pumped out and towed to the King George V Dock in Glasgow on the evening of 22nd January 2008. She was declared a constructive total loss.
25/26 February 2015 she was towed from Glasgow to Rosneath for breaking up.
More on the capsizing of the tug is given on: http://www.steamshipmutual.com/publicat ... m0109.html
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=23840 Internet.
03 December 1980 laid down.
02 July 1981 launched as the FLYING PHANTOM.
Tonnage 347 grt, 196 dwt., dim. 38.95 x 9.7 x 3.83m. (draught), length bpp. 34.0m.
Powered by two 6-cyl. 4S.C.S.A. Ruston 6RKCM type diesel engine, manufactured by Ruston Diesels Ltd., 2,820 bhp., single reduction to one shaft, speed 11 knots.
Bollard pull 40 tons.
Crew 4.
11 November 1981 completed.
1994 Sold to Clyde Tugs Ltd. (50-50 with Cory Towage Ltd.), managed by Cory Towage Ltd.
May 1995 all the shares were acquired by Cory Towage Ltd., Woking, Surrey.
January 2000 owned by Cory Towage Ltd.
03 April 2000 resultant from a take-over, owner restyled as Wijsmuller Marine Ltd.
03 September 2002 after another take-over owner restyled as Svitzer Marine Ltd.
May 1997 fitted out by Richard Dunston (Shiprepairers) Ltd, Hull with a retractable bow thruster unit, 600 bhp.
The FLYING PHANTOM was a tug built in 1981 for the Clyde Shipping Company and based in Greenock in Scotland. As a consequence of business takeovers and mergers, by 2001 she was owned by Svitzer Marine Ltd of Middlesbrough, though still based on the Clyde.
She sank in the River Clyde at Clydebank on 19 December 2007, with the loss of Stephen Humpreys (captain), Robert Cameron (engineer) and Eric Blackley (deckhand) with only Brian Aitchison surviving. She was one of three tugs assisting the bulk carrier RED JASMINE. On the night of the accident, there was extremely poor visibility, due to heavy fog.
Following the incident the Marine Accident Investigation Branch carried out a full investigation on the accident, and their report was published in September 2008. The MAIB concluded that failings in the safety regime of the harbour authority Clydeport, as well as operational shortcomings by the tug operator, contributed to the capsize of FLYING PHANTOM and the loss of the three crew-members.
Earlier reports that criminal charges had been laid against Clydeport and Svitzer were confirmed on 22 April 2013. In October 2013, Svitzer pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws, and was fined £1.7 million.
In September 2014 Clydeport was also fined £650,000.
She was salvaged by the floating crane GPS ATLAS, where after she was pumped out and towed to the King George V Dock in Glasgow on the evening of 22nd January 2008. She was declared a constructive total loss.
25/26 February 2015 she was towed from Glasgow to Rosneath for breaking up.
More on the capsizing of the tug is given on: http://www.steamshipmutual.com/publicat ... m0109.html
Congo Democratic Republic 2015 500f sgMS?, scott?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=23840 Internet.