Maritime Incidents in 2002: Uss Greeneville, Prestige Oil Spill, Mv le Joola, Uss Spiegel Grove, Uss Dolphin, Mv Tricolor Book

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Uss Greeneville, Prestige Oil Spill, Mv le Joola, Uss Spiegel Grove, Uss Dolphin, Mv Tricolor, Bombing of the Limburg, Uss Oklahoma City, Sedelnikov, Excalibur, I-40 Bridge Disaster, Tullaghmurray Lass, Msy Wind Song, List of Shipwrecks in 2002, Mv Salahuddin-2. Excerpt: Bombing of the Limburg A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Excalibur was a 15.2 metres (49.9 feet ) racing yacht based in Melbourne , Victoria , at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron and owned by Alan Saunders. Capsize Excalibur capsized 40 nautical miles off Port Stephens after losing her keel . Crew Excalibur was returning to Melbourne from Coff's Harbour after competing in the 2002 Hamilton Island Race Week . The skipper was Brian McDermott and the crew consisted of Christopher Heyes, Tracey Luke, Peter McLeod, Ann-Maree Pope and John Rogers. Christopher Heyes, Tracey Luke, Peter McLeod, Ann-Maree Pope. All but McDermott and Rogers died, with the body of Christopher Heyes being found onboard the upturned hull and the bodies of Tracey Luke, Peter McLeod, Ann-Maree Pope lost at sea. Brian McDermott and John Rogers survived after spending seven hours drifting in the sea before being found and rescued by the MV Curia, a 50,000 tonne bulk carrier . Recovery Excalibur was recovered by the Devine Marine Group to Sydney Harbour after being found 300 nautical miles east of Jervis Bay . Controversy Forensic examination of the keel after recovery of Excalibur found that the keel had been cut and re-welded. The welding was defective and eventually failed causing the keel to detach from the boat, which resulted on the boat capsizing within 30 seconds. Manslaughter charges were brought against Adrian Presland and Alex Cittadini who both worked for Applied Alloy Yachts, who built Excalibur. Adrian Presland, the wel...