terry_rice
Lantern Swinger

Has anyone out there ever been in a collision at sea?
During the late 60s, when the Suez canal was closed we took a sweeper from Gib around the Cape, off Walvis Bay we did a fuel RAS, with RFA Ennerdale, and we had a steering gear breakdown ,and consequently collided with her, ripping our bollards out of the sweep deck, causing quite a lot of damage to the sweep gear, our bow and port side was also badly damaged. hence we limped into Simontown dockyard, and had six weeks in drydock, lots of runs ashore was had by all, the Navigaters Den being our favourite watering hole .Happy days :lol: :lol:
During the late 60s, when the Suez canal was closed we took a sweeper from Gib around the Cape, off Walvis Bay we did a fuel RAS, with RFA Ennerdale, and we had a steering gear breakdown ,and consequently collided with her, ripping our bollards out of the sweep deck, causing quite a lot of damage to the sweep gear, our bow and port side was also badly damaged. hence we limped into Simontown dockyard, and had six weeks in drydock, lots of runs ashore was had by all, the Navigaters Den being our favourite watering hole .Happy days :lol: :lol: