Solong
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:21 pmCaptain guilty of North Sea tanker collision death.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dv240w0w3o
The case started Jan 13 at the Old Bailey, check out
https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/ ... -9#replies
For a daily BBC report.
The Prosecution must have been told to get his skates on and get the case boxed up sharpish. Very little comment from the Defence Barrister, perhaps he had nothing to fight with, a Forlorn Hope case, but easy money for him, just to make sure the Prosecution toed the line of the law.
Well it be Sollong from the ship as it was a total destructive loss, but the tanker was patched up, luckily they hit a ballast tank and they started the deck flooding sprayers straight away keeping the Avgas cool and washing vapours away.
And Sollong for that Master, who will be going down for some porridge. I doubt if his stay is going to be very comfortable , there is honour among thieves so the lags will give him a hard time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dv240w0w3o
The case started Jan 13 at the Old Bailey, check out
https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/ ... -9#replies
For a daily BBC report.
The Prosecution must have been told to get his skates on and get the case boxed up sharpish. Very little comment from the Defence Barrister, perhaps he had nothing to fight with, a Forlorn Hope case, but easy money for him, just to make sure the Prosecution toed the line of the law.
Well it be Sollong from the ship as it was a total destructive loss, but the tanker was patched up, luckily they hit a ballast tank and they started the deck flooding sprayers straight away keeping the Avgas cool and washing vapours away.
And Sollong for that Master, who will be going down for some porridge. I doubt if his stay is going to be very comfortable , there is honour among thieves so the lags will give him a hard time.