Ship owned by Microsoft co-founder capsized in the port of Edinburgh (5 photos)

Everyone on board was hurt.





At the shipyard in Edinburgh, strong winds overturned vessel RV Petrel, American media write. It is known that at the time of the emergency the ship was at the shipyard. Councilor of the city of Lith (considered both a port and area of Edinburgh) Adam McVie called the incident a "major incident". There were 25 workers on board. Absolutely everyone got injured - 15 one person had to be hospitalized, two more were missing.

Emergency services responded to a major incident in Leith Docks - the ship was knocked out of the dock due to strong winds



Drydock operator Dales Marine Services does not give comments to journalists who want to know how the wind could capsize such a huge vessel.





It is known that the RV Petrel was acquired by a well-known American entrepreneur and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. In 2018, the businessman died, but the ship is still formally belongs to him, more precisely, to the foundation that he established and which continues to finance the work of Petrel.



American aircraft carrier "Hornet", sunk during the battle at the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26, 1942 by Japanese aircraft, and standing in its hangar is an International Harvester aircraft tug

The 76m RV Petrel explores underwater world and the search for lost ships. Even though Allen everyone knew as a very rich man and co-founder of the world's largest IT companies, in the circle of acquaintances he was compared with Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Is it true, unlike Cousteau, who gave his whole life to the ocean, Allen research underwater world took up in 2007, but until his death in 2018 year almost bezvylazno been on expeditions.

His ship found many ships and gave many interesting pictures.



The remains of Douglas TBD-1 aircraft on the aircraft carrier Lexington in the Coral Sea.