Fire in engine room on offshore tug/supply vessel Toisa Gryphon

Location: 150 miles off the Isles of Scilly.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Investigation report
• Date of occurrence: 2 February 1999

Accident Investigation Report 1/2000

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened, safety lessons and recommendations made:

toisa gryphon.pdf (2,393.65 kb)

Summary

On 2 February 1999 the offshore tug/supply vessel Toisa Gryphon suffered an engine room fire. The vessel was 150 miles from the Isles of Scilly at the time and was towed back to Falmouth.

Published: 19 January 2000

Published 23 January 2015