Ferry hit shipwreck.A CROSS-CHANNEL ferry with nearly 400 people aboard became grounded in severe weather after the crew failed to detect a charted wreck, a report said today. A paper chart indicating the wreck off Deal in Kent was available on the P&O Ferries' Pride of Canterbury Pride of Canterbury is a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries. Like her sisters, European Seaway, Pride of Burgundy & Pride of Kent, Pride of Canterbury was also built in the early 1990's (launched 1992) as European Pathway. but "was not referred to at the crucial time", the Marine Accident Investigation Branch The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is a United Kingdom government agency that examines and investigates marine accidents to or on board UK ships worldwide, and ships in UK waters. External links
The officer of the watch was navigating by eye and with the electronic chart but he was "untrained in the use and limitations of the system". The ferry suffered severe damage to its port propeller but was able to reach Dover |
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