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11/09/2003
HMS Nottingham’s officers plead guilty to charges
The Captain of HMS Nottingham and three other officers have pleaded guilty to charges relating to the grounding of the warship on rocks off Australia last year.
The £300 million Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer ran aground on rocks near Lord Howe Island on July 7 last year. The repair bill is estimated to be in excess of £40 million.
At the court martial in Portsmouth, Commander Richard Farrington, OBE, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of delegating conduct of the ship without a proper navigational plan.
Office of the Watch, Lieutenant James Denny pleaded guilty to negligent stranding of the vessel. Lieutenant Andrew Ingram, the navigation officer, and Lt Commander John Lea, the first officer, also pleaded guilty to allowing the ship to become stranded.
It took a year-long operation to refloat the destroyer which had a 100-foot long gash to the hull.
Major structural repairs have since been completed on the ship, which had to be returned to home waters lashed on the deck of a giant salvage vessel, MV Swan.
The ship’s turbine engines and other vital equipment had to be replaced as a result of extensive structural damage to the vessel.
HMS Nottingham is not expected to be ready for sea trials until early next year.
Sentencing of the four officers charged has been deferred.
(SP)
The £300 million Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer ran aground on rocks near Lord Howe Island on July 7 last year. The repair bill is estimated to be in excess of £40 million.
At the court martial in Portsmouth, Commander Richard Farrington, OBE, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of delegating conduct of the ship without a proper navigational plan.
Office of the Watch, Lieutenant James Denny pleaded guilty to negligent stranding of the vessel. Lieutenant Andrew Ingram, the navigation officer, and Lt Commander John Lea, the first officer, also pleaded guilty to allowing the ship to become stranded.
It took a year-long operation to refloat the destroyer which had a 100-foot long gash to the hull.
Major structural repairs have since been completed on the ship, which had to be returned to home waters lashed on the deck of a giant salvage vessel, MV Swan.
The ship’s turbine engines and other vital equipment had to be replaced as a result of extensive structural damage to the vessel.
HMS Nottingham is not expected to be ready for sea trials until early next year.
Sentencing of the four officers charged has been deferred.
(SP)
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