Capsize and sinking of mussel dredger Charisma with 1 person injured and loss of 1 life

Location: Carlingford Lough near Rostrevor pier, Northern Ireland.

From:
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Published
23 January 2015
Vessel type:
Fishing vessel
Report type:
Investigation report
Date of occurrence:
30 January 2002

Accident Investigation Report 38/2002

Read our marine accident investigation report, which includes what happened, actions taken and subsequent recommendations:

dft-masafety-507693.pdf (1,486.05 kb)

Summary

Capsize of the fishing vessel Charisma (OB 588) with the loss of one crew member at Carlingford Lough 30 January 2002.

Safety Issues

  • effect of undetected flooding, probably via the manual bilge discharge pipe, in combination with the heavy load of mussel bags on deck

Recommendations

A recommendation is addressed to the MCA with reference to the loading of fishing vessels under 15m length overall.

This report was published in November 2002.

Updates to this page

Published 23 January 2015