25 people injured as research ship (Petrel) tips on side at dry dock in Scotland

Uwek · Mar 22, 2023

A major emergency operation has been launched after a ship owned by the estate of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen tipped onto its side amid high winds at a Scottish dry dock.
Police, paramedics and the coastguard were called to the research vessel The Petrel which became dislodged from its holding at Imperial Dock in Leith, Edinburgh, at around 8.35am on Wednesday.

The Scottish Ambulance Service reported at 1pm that 25 people were injured in the incident with 15 taken to hospital.

25 people injured as research ship tips on side at dry dock in Scotland

Research vessel The Petrel - owned by the estate of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen - tips onto its side at Leith dry dock

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Major incident leaves 25 injured as ship topples in dry dock

Emergency crews were called to the scene at Imperial Dock in Leith at around 8.29am on Wednesday, March 22.

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RV Petrel, moored in Leith Imperial Dock in Edinburgh, was previously owned by estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen

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Uwek · Mar 23, 2023

The Sun is writing

It took specialist teams more than four hours to free one casualty amid the mayhem at Edinburgh’s Imperial Dock that left 33 injured and 21 needing hospital treatment.

The drama unfolded at 8.30am as the 250ft-long vessel lurched on to its side at a 45-degree angle.

One witness, who declined to be named, saw the start of the terrifying incident from nearby Ocean Terminal at Leith.
They said: “There was a loud cracking noise then a loud bang.
“It was clear that the structure holding the boat had failed due to the angle it ended up at.

“There were guys on board who were painting and welding at the time and there would have been a skeleton boat crew on it too.
"Lots of them have been hurt."
"Some have been lucky but others were on the boat for a few hours being treated.”

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MikeC · Mar 25, 2023

I worked on the Texas Responder a similar sized vessel. Once it was in a Texas City dry dock when one wing flooded (leaking valves?). The boat had flopped over in it’s side

MikeC · Mar 25, 2023

Bending a bilge keel. One of our ex crew members was in the area gauging tanks and saw the boat leaning over (no one was on board) and he called the shipyard. This was on a weekend night. They pumped out the flooded wing wall righting the dry dock and got the Responder back on it’s blocking.