MV Finnbirch
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MV Finnbirch was a Swedish roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ship built in 1978 as Stena Prosper.
History
Finnbirch was built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and delivered to her owners Stena RoRo on 2 February 1978. In 1988 the ship was sold to Finnish Rettig, and in 1995 to Bore Line. In 1999, Template:Ill in Stockholm acquired the ship and kept it until it foundered. Lindholm Shipping, Strömma Turism & Sjöfart AB was the last owner of Finnbirch and her sister ship Finnforest. Both vessels were in timecharter for the Finnish company Finnlines Plc at the time of the sinking.[1]
Sinking
On 1 November 2006, the ship sank on the east coast of Sweden.[2] At the time of the sinking, Finnbirch had a crew of 14,[2] of four Swedes and ten Filipinos.[2] The ship capsized in a heavy storm which also set an oil rig adrift. The crew were seen sitting on the ship's hull,[2] but the storm prevented rescue boats from reaching the scene and it was too dangerous to lower the helicopter crew onto the violently pitching hull.[3] All but two of the men were eventually rescued after jumping into the sea once the ship had capsized.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". One of the Filipino crew members died in the hospital after his rescue suit failed and a Swede drowned after being entangled in the wreck.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The master of the ship broke several bones after falling, but survived.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". On 7 November 2006, the Merchant Marine Officers' Association criticized the rescue, stating that the helicopter had been circling overhead whilst the crew members sat on the hull waiting to be rescued.[4] <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
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Sister Ships
The Finnbirch has 10 sister ships,[5] these are;
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References
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- ↑ Lindholm Shipping home page Template:Webarchive
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See also
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- ISSN 1400-5735 Report RS 2008:03e Loss of M/S FINNBIRCH between Öland and Gotland, 1 november 2006 Case S-130/06." Swedish Accident Investigation Board. (Archive)
- Investigation by the Swedish Accident Investigation Board (Archive) Template:In lang
- DN Nyheter: Sju räddade från kapsejsat fartyg Template:In lang
- Fartygets historia Template:In lang
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