Tempest of Ramsgate
Tempest arriving at Great Yarmouth from Ramsgate, Kent.
Name: Tempest
Vessel type: Crew transfer vessel (CTV)
Design: StormCat 21
Home port: Ramsgate
Flag: United Kingdom
MMSI: 235114568
Call sign: 2JBR5
Crew: 3
Passengers: 12
Length overall: 22.37 m
Beam: 7.7 m
Draught: 1.35 m
Max displacement: 72.5 ton
Cargo capacity: 20 ton
Fuel capacity: 1,540 gal. (7,000 litres)
Engines: 2 x MTU 10V 2000 M72
Engine output: 2 x 1,207 hp (900 kW) at 2,250 rpm
Waterjets: 2 x Rolls Royce 50A3
Max speed: 28 knots
Service speed: 24 knots
Bollard pull: 8 ton
Builder: Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC), East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Year built: 2015
Construction: Aluminium
Owner: Global Marine Group, Chelmsford, Essex
TEMPEST STRIKES SUBMERGED OBJECT.
Tempest, with six people onboard, hit a submerged object at the Kentish Flats wind farm off Whitstable just before 9.30 a.m. on 30th. March 2017 and started taking on water. The Coastguard launched Whitstable's lifeboat, which after
arriving at the scene, transferred two crew members and a salvage pump to assist Tempest's two crew. At this time Tempest was still impaled on the submerged object. At 10.55 a.m. the Sheerness lifeboat arrived at the scene and also placed their salvage pump and two crew members onboard. At just after 11.00 a.m. the four Vattenfall wind farm technicians aboard Tempest were transferred to a nearby CTV that had also been standing by. By 11.50 a.m. Tempest had floated clear of the underwater object. The crews were able to asses the damage and Tempest then made her own way to Whitstable's harbour escorted by both lifeboats and was eventually secured alongside the west quay. Both lifeboats were subsequently released from the incident to return to their respective stations. The weather during the incident was good visibility and slight seas in a force 3 wind.
Tempest of Ramsgate
Tempest arriving at Great Yarmouth from Ramsgate, Kent.
Name: Tempest
Vessel type: Crew transfer vessel (CTV)
Design: StormCat 21
Home port: Ramsgate
Flag: United Kingdom
MMSI: 235114568
Call sign: 2JBR5
Crew: 3
Passengers: 12
Length overall: 22.37 m
Beam: 7.7 m
Draught: 1.35 m
Max displacement: 72.5 ton
Cargo capacity: 20 ton
Fuel capacity: 1,540 gal. (7,000 litres)
Engines: 2 x MTU 10V 2000 M72
Engine output: 2 x 1,207 hp (900 kW) at 2,250 rpm
Waterjets: 2 x Rolls Royce 50A3
Max speed: 28 knots
Service speed: 24 knots
Bollard pull: 8 ton
Builder: Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC), East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Year built: 2015
Construction: Aluminium
Owner: Global Marine Group, Chelmsford, Essex
TEMPEST STRIKES SUBMERGED OBJECT.
Tempest, with six people onboard, hit a submerged object at the Kentish Flats wind farm off Whitstable just before 9.30 a.m. on 30th. March 2017 and started taking on water. The Coastguard launched Whitstable's lifeboat, which after
arriving at the scene, transferred two crew members and a salvage pump to assist Tempest's two crew. At this time Tempest was still impaled on the submerged object. At 10.55 a.m. the Sheerness lifeboat arrived at the scene and also placed their salvage pump and two crew members onboard. At just after 11.00 a.m. the four Vattenfall wind farm technicians aboard Tempest were transferred to a nearby CTV that had also been standing by. By 11.50 a.m. Tempest had floated clear of the underwater object. The crews were able to asses the damage and Tempest then made her own way to Whitstable's harbour escorted by both lifeboats and was eventually secured alongside the west quay. Both lifeboats were subsequently released from the incident to return to their respective stations. The weather during the incident was good visibility and slight seas in a force 3 wind.