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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
Perhaps. But the rendition of the damage, as well as the photos, indicates - I don't know - 5-6 bulkheads damaged? I think the damage surpassed all damage control design considerations for even the most water-tight compartments. Essentially, they were fecked and quite fortunate they drifted aground. In the open ocean, that ship would have gone under quickly with probably a loss of a lot of life.
Here is an excellent site (sorry, Norwegian, but lots of imagery) discussing this accident:
https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/xl/dett...hXPf-MeopWimj4
Here is another link to a translated transcript of the radio traffic between the main actors.
https://medium.com/@cargun/radar-ima...n-a71e3f516b54 |
Yeah I was leaving that post to you, thanks for this. My knowledge of naval design and damage control amounts to a sum of nothing.
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