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scrapped at Rosneath 04/2017 picture:www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2652181

Russian officer was drunk when running ship aground

A Russian officer was eight times over the alcohol limit when he ran the "Lysblink Seaways" aground at full speed onto rocks in the Highlands, a report revealed. The 36-year-old chief officer fell asleep on the bridge of the vessel after downing two thirds of a bottle of rum, the Marine Accidents Investigation Branch probe has revealed. An investigation found the incoherent sailor was slumped in his chair and failed to change course as the ship passed through the Sound of Mull on Feb 18 this year. The MAIB found a catalogue of errors including having no lookout on the bridge, the alarm system being switched off and shortcomings in safety on board the ship despite a change of owner. Due to the adverse weather conditions on February 17, when the ship left Belfast for its voyage to Norway, the 59-year-old Norwegian master decided the vessel would take an inshore route along the west coast of Scotland via the Sounds of Islay and Mull. The ship wass broken up in Rosneath. Photo: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2345179

Lysblink Seaways delivered to Rosneath breakers

Making her final trip to a breakers yard in Rosneath on the Clyde, the "Lysblink Seaways" was taken under tow by the Svitzer tugs "Ayton Cross" and "Anglegarth" an Apr 19 around noon. After salvage and drydock inspection at the Garvel Clyde Shipyard in Greenock she was declared beyond economical repair with a large area of her below the waterline hull having been damaged. The ship was moored at the Rosneath Jetty at 3.20 p.m. Reports with photos. http://dougie-coull-photography.blogspot.de/2015/04/lysblink-seaways-on-move.html http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2229854#