In January 2009 Bourbon Offshore Norway was fined 5 million Norwegian kroner (€530,000 at the time) after a Norwegian government Commission of Inquiry raised doubts about the ability of both the vessel and its crew to handle large anchors in such deep water. The 99-man crew of the Rather was evacuated by the RAF. The incident happened while Bourbon Dolphin was anchoring the semi-submersible drilling platform Transocean Rather. Three of the ten recovered were reported dead. Eight were picked up by vessels already on scene and two were found by Her Majesty's Coastguard, while five are still missing. Less than two months later, on April 12, she capsized with 15 Norwegian sailors aboard. On FebruBourbon Dolphin succeeded in pulling the German mine hunter Grömitz to sea again after she had run aground near Florø. She was part of a three-ship contract with Bourbon, the two others being the Bourbon Orca and Bourbon Mistral. The ship capsized off the coast of Shetland on April 12, 2007, and sank three days later while preparations were being made to tow her to shore.īourbon Dolphin was built at the Ulstein Verft in 2006, the "Ulstein A102" design. AHTS Bourbon Dolphin sinking in the North SeaĪHTS Bourbon Dolphin was an anchor handling tug supply vessel of Bourbon Offshore Norway.
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