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''Bourbon Dolphin'' was an anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) of Bourbon Offshore Norway. The ship capsized off the coast of Shetland on April 12, 2007, and sank three days later while preparations were being made to tow her to shore. == History == ''Bourbon Dolphin'' was built at the Ulstein Verft in 2006, the "Ulstein A102" design. She was part of a three-ship contract with Bourbon, the two others being the ''Bourbon Orca'' and ''Bourbon Mistral''.〔 (Ulstein Verft website )〕 On February 21, 2007 ''Bourbon Dolphin'' succeeded in pulling the German mine hunter ''Grömitz'' to sea again after it had run aground near Florø.〔 (Dregen av grunn ), Bergens Tidende〕 Less than two months later, on April 12, she capsized with 15 Norwegian sailors aboard. Eight were picked up by vessels already on scene and two were found by Her Majesty's Coastguard, while five are still missing.〔(Five missing after vessel capsize ), BBC〕 Three of the ten recovered were reported dead.〔 (Tre nordmenn omkommet - fem savnet ), Dagbladet〕 The incident happened while ''Bourbon Dolphin'' was anchoring the semi-submersible drilling platform ''Transocean Rather''. The 99-man crew of the ''Rather'' was evacuated by the RAF.〔 (Riggen evakuert ), Aftenposten〕 On Sunday 15 April, ''Bourbon Dolphin'' sank in 1,100 meters of water off the coast of Shetland, Scotland.〔 (VG Nett: «Bourbon Dolphin» har sunket )〕 In January 2009 Bourbon Offshore Norway was fined 5 million Norwegian kroner (€530,000 at the time) after a Norwegian government Commission of Inquiry raised doubts about the ability of both the vessel and its crew to handle large anchors in such deep water. Norway's national prosecutor said the new captain, who died with his son in the sinking, had not been given enough time to learn about the crew and ship, as he only had 90 minutes to take over.〔(BBC news: Death vessel firm fined £500,000 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bourbon Dolphin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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