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To kick off this topic a short YouTube video showing a RAS/UNREP involving
HMAS Westralia and HMAS Brisbane.

Has anybody ever seen both the span wire(?) and the delivering hose uncouple/severe before?

YouTube RAS Incident
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This short YouTube video is of an emergency disconnect/breakaway during a RAS/UNREP involving
Hr Ms Zuiderkruis & HMS Cleopatra F28


Note the absence of any of the fwd party for a while after the goffer wipes them out - but the mat hanging over the side is a strong clue!!


Hr Ms Zuiderkruis Emergency Breakaway / RAS with HMS Cleopatra F28

Some of the follow-up comments are included below:-
Jason Ash
2 weeks ago
I remember this well. I was the time keeper on the RAS point phone. Helped carry the injured in

David Bentley
David Bentley
2 years ago
if its 1991 I remember it well. shed load of casualties most minor injuries but a busy few hours for me treating them.

Tony Gledson
Tony Gledson
5 years ago
Hi I was on the RAS Party involved, what happened was a very large swell/wave came over and took out the whole party. I don't know why it wasn't on the video, but would like to see it. I myself was seriously injured and airlifted to hospital to Esbjerg. 3 others were injured quite badly in this accident. Hope this answers your question, M.E.M Gledson HMS Cleopatra 1991


Patrick Laycock
3 years ago
The injured were taken to the Wardroom Cabin Flat and a female doctor came over from the Zuiderkruis to tend to them. She was suffering badly with seasickness and kept a bucket beside her as she worked. Plucky to have come across in that sea and then to work through her affliction.


Ian Garmory
2 years ago
Hi Boss, Just randomly came across this, remember it well, and the female Doctor being unwell, how are you? Ian G :)

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And the moral of the story/post is: the RAS/UNREP evolution is potentially fraught with danger(s)
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A minor collision during UNREP - BOTH ships were able to safely operate after their sterns touched around 4 p.m. Tuesday, 5th Feb 2019; ships involved were USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5), see:-


UPDATED: U.S. Guided-Missile Cruiser, Navy Supply Ship Involved in Minor Collision Off of Florida
By: Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein February 5, 2019 7:26 PM • Updated: February 5, 2019 10:11 PM

This post was updated to include a statement from U.S. Fleet Forces Command and additional details about damage to the ships.

A U.S. guided-missile cruiser and Navy resupply ship have collided off the coast of Florida during a training exercise on Tuesday, USNI News has learned.

USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) collided during a training exercise as part of a pre-deployment workup at about 4 p.m. EST. There were no casualties and only minor damage above the waterline to both ships, three sources familiar with the collision told USNI News. A Navy official told USNI News that the supply ship suffered an 8-inch gash above the waterline and Leyte Gulf suffered minor damage to flight-deck netting and two lifeboats were dislodged. Neither ship took on water.

No personnel were injured when a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser and dry cargo ship made contact during an underway replenishment off the southeastern coast of the United States, Feb. 5,” U.S. Fleet Forces Command said in a statement to USNI News following an earlier version of this post.
“USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) were able to safely operate after the incident. Damage will be assessed when the ships pull into port.”

The pair were conducting a planned turn together during an underway replenishment when the sterns of the two ships brushed together. Underway replenishments, in which ships take on supplies while on the move, are among the most dangerous tasks a warship can perform in peacetime. Ships can operate as close as 150 feet from each other during an UNREP.

The ships were operating with aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as part of a training exercise when the collision occurred, USNI News has learned.

Leyte Gulf and Peary are expected to rejoin the exercise next week, a Navy official told USNI News.

The Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been operating off the East Coast of the U.S. since Jan. 25 as part of its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). This is the final exercise and certification event ahead of the deployment, and it is meant to show the entire group – the carrier, the air wing, the destroyer squadron and the cruiser – can come together and successfully execute the range of missions they could be asked to conduct during a deployment. The COMPTUEX was expected to last several weeks, and the strike group will likely deploy in the late March or early April timeframe.

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The following is the complete Feb. 5, 2019 statement from U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

No Injuries as Two U.S. Navy Vessels Involved in Minor Mishap Off East Coast

NORFOLK, Va. – No personnel were injured when a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser and dry cargo ship made contact during an underway replenishment off the southeastern coast of the United States, Feb. 5.

USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) were able to safely operate after the incident. Damage will be assessed when the ships pull into port.

The ships had been conducting a replenishment-at-sea when the sterns touched at approximately 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight time.

U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Military Sealift Command will thoroughly investigate this incident. The ships were conducting operations in conjunction with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.


Sources; - USNI News - from whence the excerpts (above) were taken and where the full article can be read.
also;- NavyTimes and - SOFREP - both carrying a similar article to those above


USNS Robert E Peary T-AKE-5
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USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
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Notes;
- The pair were conducting a planned turn together during an underway replenishment when the sterns of the two ships brushed together. - a particularily intricate maneuvre conducted in something like 5degree increments - last discussed in the WNSF.
- ..... it is meant to show the entire group – the carrier, the air wing, the destroyer squadron and the cruiser – can come together and successfully execute the range of missions - perhaps in the circumstances the use of the passage 'can come together' was a tad unfortunate ;)
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RAS/UNREP Disconnect goes wrong - Unknown ships.

The aft fuel stream rig, had already disconnected the double probes from the aft receiving station on receiving ship ... and been partially retrieved back towards the delivery ship .... when the Trolley Carriage, Double Probes & associated hoses slid back towards receiving ship and ended up lashing/splashing about close to receiving ship, see:-

Short YouTube video (0.36)
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HMS Penelope (F127) -v- HMCS Preserver (AOR 510)

Failed 'fast back down' approach by Penelope alongside stbd side of Preserver (delivery ship) for an intended port side RAS/UNREP by Penelope (receiving ship). The consequence was that Penelope becoming entangled with the stbd anchor of Preserver that was already conducting RAS/UNREP on her port side with HNoMS Trondheim (F302) receiving ship, see:-

this YouTube video

To view the damage after she becomes disentangled from Preserver, see:-

this YouTube video

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Official reason from the MOD was steering failure.

The penny had one engine at half speed and the other at full speed that's why she hit the tanker it was a direct order to the engine room as I was in the engine room of the penny at the time

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The manover [maneuvre] is called a fastbackdown approch the tanker to ras at full speed then cut both engines to half ahead to match the tankers speed its a risky thing to do and only the RNavy used to do it.But the bridge ordered only one engine to half ahead.The coms from the engine room to the bridge failed so the green line was supposed to be manned at the bridge but noone on the bridge was on the green line.In the engineroom we knew the order was wrong but not being able to contact the bridge had no option but to carry out the last order given.after the colision the engineering dept was ordered to create a fault to protect the officer on the bridge .the damages i believe cost in excess of £25,000,000.

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I was a stoker on the Penny at the time and had just come off watch when the pipe to emergency stations was made. There was no steering gear failure and as far as I was concerned it was put down to telegraph failure between the bridge and the engine room on the fast backdown. There was some good work that day shoring up a split in the boiler room bulkhead below water level and the guys were mentioned in dispatches. The main problem directly after the impact was the ruptured firemain in the engineers workshop which was flooding the compartment & the main passageway. The firehose that can be seen in the video Pre vs Pen2 out of the hole was connected to a submersible pump to remove the water and allow time for the firemain to be isolated. Alot of the water was sent down to the boiler room via the fwd boiler escape hatch in the back of the workshop. The chippy and I had to gas axe one of the live sets of motar tube that were on the upper deck since it was virtually hanging off the ship. The ship was hastily repaired by the American repair ship USS Puget Sound at sea and we crawled back to Plymouth a couple of days later on mostly one engine since the port prop had been damaged in the accident. We spent over 6 months in a Southampton dry dock being repaired. When we were eventually refloated the tug helping us along side managed to put a large dent in the ships side.
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I know the Captain. He explained to me the fast backdown procedure. I am not a seaman or marine engineer. My recollection from over 25 years ago may lack the proper jargon..............................................

This did not happen i was in the engine room and the order came from the bridge to put the port engine to half ahead the meo of the engine room tried to contact the bridge to confirm the order but we could not contact the bridge.
After the collision one of the Leading electrial engineers was ordered to create a fault on the telegraph system for the investigation that would follow.
The smoke is and order for full ahead on the port engine which noone was expecting via the telegraph system .
As for a steering failure as posted previously this is impossible as the ship is keeled over to the starboard side after the collision to prevent more water entering the holed port side helping the engineers to stem the flow of water.

Source; of the selection short excerpts (above) used by way of an explanation for the collision is ShipsNostalgia (pages 1 - 3) in a thread topic titled HMS Penelope Collision Video

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In the 2nd excerpt/comment included above mention is made of the 'fast back down approach' and that only the Royal Navy used to do it .... 'fraid not because it was even being practiced by P2000 class patrol boats as recently as 5 years ago, in what RN call a 'modified fast back down', see:-


HMS Exploit and HMS Dasher RAS in Bay of Biscay
21 August 2014

Portsmouth based Dasher and Cardiff based Exploit have recently carried out a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the Bay of Biscay as part of Operation Southern Sun.

P2000s do not have the capability to replenish fuel at sea and instead RAS to practice shiphandling and seamanship skills. Exploit and Dasher passed goods between the two ships using a light line transfer.

Like always in a P2000 the students embarked conducted the serial under the watchful eye of the ship's company safety numbers.

It took 3 attempts to get the line across and during this time the CO had to hold the ship in position whilst underway 5 metres from Dasher and at around 8 knots," said CPO Squeaky Stocker Exploit's XO.

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Normally when you think of a RAS, the image of a frigate or destroyer RASing with an RFA tanker comes to mind.

Although this was on a much smaller scale, the fundamentals were the same. Dasher took the duties of RAS unit guide, settling on a predetermined course and speed, and became the RAS control ship.

Exploit took up a waiting station astern and to port of Dasher, before making an approach once Flag Romeo was close up in both ships.

Exploit and Dasher are batch 1 P2000s with a top speed of 15 knots.

The RAS speed was set at 8 knots which allowed Exploit to make a modified fast back down into position on Dasher's port side and into station for the first line to be passed.

"This was the first time I'd seen a RAS and it was pretty interesting to take part in.

Source; of the two excerpts above is royalnavy.mod.uk

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HMS Penelope (F127) -v- HMCS Preserver (AOR 510) plus HNoMS Trondheim (F302) emergency dissconnect/breakaway - (continued)

Failed 'fast back down' approach by Penelope alongside stbd side of Preserver (delivery ship) for an intended port side RAS/UNREP by Penelope (receiving ship). The consequence was that Penelope becoming entangled with the stbd anchor of Preserver that was already conducting RAS/UNREP on her port side with HNoMS Trondheim (F302) receiving ship.



A comment that followed the YouTube video - it recalls a particularily scary moment on the Preserver:-


Matthew Oake
3 years ago
I was a Mar Eng on HMCS Preserver at the time, very lucky there was no one killed, one of the scariest moments was when the Norwegians (on the other side)let the span wire go under tension at 115 of the video and the probe came crashing into the port side of the Preserver. The still pictures were taken by a steward I believe .. We all were still and quiet for a few minutes after this as we wondered what damage was done to the Penelope and we were praying that there wasn't a huge loss of lives or injuries. The gods were looking out for sailors that day, no one died and few injuries.

Check it out on the video.
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HMS Penelope (F127) -v- HMCS Preserver (AOR 510) plus HNoMS Trondheim (F302) emergency dissconnect/breakaway - (continued.1)


How the Naval Association of Canada reported the incident (in 2015) in their Leadline Magazine issue ref:- May 2015 Volume 30 Issue No. 5

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US NAVY's MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC) - Two Fatalities at work


Another death at MSC
In Service
Military Sealift Command

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Jul 28

There has been another afloat death at Military Sealift Command this month. The first was from falling, the second seems to be while handling an UNREP line cutter.

My first thought was we all have dangerous jobs. My second was ‘sh1t happens.’ But two in a month?

The reality is this: the office likes to push training responsibilities on the ships. They would rather people get half-assed shipboard training. They send PowerPoint training slides out and call it good. They want the mobile training people (ATT) to come out to the ships while the ships are busy to fit in training here and there. It’s gun-decked at best. When someone dies they have a brief safety stand down and figure everything is okay again.

The two deaths were avoidable. The equipment was fine, the use of the equipment was not. Training was lacking.

Let’s see if our new RDML Wettlaufer can prevent this from from becoming a trend.

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KPChief Old Salt Aug 8

“Tumbling 25 feet” ? Is that just the reporter reaching for words or was the work some where fall protection not normally used?

Are incidents aboard MSC ships subject to any outside investigation/analysis/reporting or is it all done in house?

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Aug 8

NCIS investigates deaths on board MSC ships. Sovereign Immunity prevents foreign officials from conducting this type of work. An old time Master I have sailed with was slapped hard for not adhering to this back in the early 2000’s while commanding and MSC contract mariner ship.

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The three excerpts (above) are copied from gCaptain

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Following carried in NavyTimes in an article titled:-

Your Navy
Civilian mariner dies after fall on board cargo ship
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz   July 10 (2019)


A civil service mariner died late last month after tumbling 25 feet while performing maintenance aloft on the dry cargo ship William McLean, Navy officials confirmed this week.

Boatswain’s Mate Martin Anthony, 51, was working on the vessel on the morning of June 27 at the Detyens Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina, when he fell and sustained fatal injuries, Military Sealift Command spokeswoman LaShawn Sykes said in an email.

A native of Guyana, Anthony became a civilian mariner with MSC in 2015 and was advanced to boatswain’s mate two days before his fatal fall, Sykes said.

Few other details were immediately available, and the cause of the accident remains under investigation.

The ship is in Charleston undergoing routine maintenance, Sykes added.


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Geoff is a senior staff reporter for Military Times, focusing on the Navy. He covered Iraq and Afghanistan extensively and was most recently a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. He welcomes any and all kinds of tips at geoffz@militarytimes.com.


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Following carried in ProfessionalMariner in an article titled:-


Two civilian mariners die in accidents on MSC ships
Aug 7, 2019 01:37 PM
The incidents occurred in the Arabian Sea and at a shipyard in Charleston, S.C.

(WASHINGTON) — A civilian mariner died in late July due to injuries sustained in “a workplace mishap” on the dry cargo ship Cesar Chavez while it operated in the Arabian Sea, the Navy Times reported.

Able seaman Brian Francis Crowe, 56, was injured while performing routine maintenance on July 26, according to Military Sealift Command (MSC) and Naval Safety Center records.

Officials said that medical personnel were unable to resuscitate Crowe. An MSC investigation into his death continues and the command declined to provide further details.

On June 27, a civil service mariner died after tumbling 25 feet while performing maintenance aloft on the dry cargo ship William McLean.

Boatswain’s mate Martin Anthony, 51, was working on the ship at the Detyens Shipyard in Charleston, S.C., when he fell and sustained fatal injuries.

Few other details were immediately available, and the cause of the accident remains under investigation.

Click here to read the story.

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Sad to learn of those two losses.
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Four Sailors Injured During Replenishment at Sea
Story Number: NNS121016-10
Release Date: 10/16/2012
3:36:00 PM

From U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Four Sailors were injured Oct. 16 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) when a line parted during a refueling at sea between Truman and the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) off the coast of Florida.

Two of the injured Sailors were flown via Navy helicopter to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., and will receive follow-up care at Naval Hospital Jacksonville.

One Sailor will be flown via C-2 Greyhound to Naval Station Norfolk for further evaluation later today. One Sailor was treated on board. All injuries are non-life threatening.

A safety investigation into the incident has begun.

Truman is underway conducting training operations.

Navy ships conduct underway replenishments as a way to maintain fuel, munitions and stores during prolonged time at sea.

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