Failure of lifeboat davit on dry cargo vessel St Rognvald resulting in 5 people injured

Location: Coastal waters off Scotland.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Completed preliminary assessment
• Date of occurrence: 18 October 2003

Completed PE Summary: St Rognvald

A short summary of the accident and action taken.

	Accident Details
Date	18/10/03
Incident Type	Equipment failure

Synopsis

Failure of lifeboat davit.

Action taken

The Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents made recommendations to owners of the vessel with reference to:

• Awareness of responsibilities

• Instructions on the use of lifesaving equipment

• Crew to be practised and competent in launching and recovery of lifeboats

• Rotation of tasks in drills among crew

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Published 23 January 2015