Investigation Report
Capsize and sinking of scallop dredger Joanna C with loss of 2 lives
Capsize and sinking of scallop dredger Joanna C with loss of 2 lives
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Marine Operations
- DrowningLoss of vessel stabilityRegulation and legislationVessel flooding and foundering
- Fishing operations
- Personal protective equipment
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFunctional testingManagement of changeStop-work authority
- Commercial fishing
- Marine watersVessel
Summary
Investigation of Joanna C’s fatal capsize south of Newhaven during scallop dredge recovery. It examines stability degraded by modifications, unfinished inclining-experiment analysis and regulatory oversight. Liferaft buoyancy and inflation-force testing explains failed automatic inflation, while survival analysis addresses flotation loss, delayed beacon activation and escape from the sinking vessel.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Loss of vessel stability; capsize; vessel stability.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Themes: marine operations.