ANNUAL

Date of
occurrence
Occurrence details
2 May A teenage girl drowned after a Fletcher 155 speedboat capsized in Tor Bay, Devon.
5 May
The Bahamas registered passenger ship Hamburg grounded in the Sound of Mull
on the west coast of Scotland.
13 May
The racing powerboat Vector 40R capsized and made contact with a navigational
buoy at high speed in Southampton Water resulting in serious injuries to one of
the four crew.
18 May
The twin-rig prawn trawler Kairos capsized and foundered in heavy seas 70nm
west of the Isles of Scilly. The crew abandoned to a liferaft and were rescued.
9 Jul
The scallop dredger JMT capsized and sank with the loss of two lives 3.8nm SW of
Rame Head, Cornwall.
9 Jul
The skipper of the stern trawler Enterprise fell overboard and drowned in rough
weather in the North Sea.
29 Jul
The fishing vessels Silver Dee and Good Intent collided in the Irish Sea. The Silver
Dee flooded and her crew evacuated to the Good Intent before their vessel sank.
3 Aug
A shoreworker sustained fatal injuries at Ilfracombe, Devon after falling between
the passenger ship Oldenburg and the quayside.
17 Aug
A crewmember of the stern trawler Aquarius fell overboard and drowned off
Aberdeen.
18 Aug
A fire in the engine room of the dredger Arco Avon caused fatal burns to the 3 rd
engineer when the vessel was 12 nautical miles off Great Yarmouth.
24 Aug
The scallop dredger St Apollo grounded and subsequently capsized in the Sound
of Mull. The five crew abandoned to a liferaft and were rescued.
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