Deployment notice
April 10, 2015
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has deployed
a team of investigators to St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, following last
week's grounding of the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Ann Harvey.
The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
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COAST GUARD VESSEL ANN HARVEY HITS SEA BOTTOM. JTF ATLANTIC REPORTS ANN HARVEY TAKING ON
WATER
APRIL 1, 2015
The Canadian Coast Guard vessel Ann Harvey seen taking on
water off the coast of Burgeo. (The Canadian Coast Guard)
Two cadets were removed from the Ann Harvey Wednesday after
Canadian Coast Guard vessel struck bottom near Burgeo.
The vessel was five nautical miles southwest of Burgeo doing
routine work on buoys when it ran aground, the Coast Guard said.
"She steamed away from the area but because where the
damage occurred it flooded the propulsion motor room," Jim Chmiel,
superintendent of regional operations centre, Atlantic region, told CBC News.
Chmiel said crewmembers closed water-tight doors, sealing
off the area where water leaked into the ship.
Twenty-six crew and two cadets were onboard at the time. All
are safe, Chmiel said.
The CCGC W.G. George, based in Burgeo, removed two cadets
from the ship. Other personnel will also be taken off, and the rest of the crew
will stay on for now.
The two cadets were brought to land in a Cormorant
helicopter and stayed in a local hotel for the night.
The Joint Task Force Atlantic said it became aware at 11
a.m. that the vessel was taking on water.
#JRCCHalifax
tasked a #103Sqn
Cormorant + 2 helos & 2 ships from @CCG_GCC
to help CCGS #AnneHarvey
that is taking on water near Burgeo NL
A Coast Guard helicopter and the CCGS Louis S. St.-Laurent,
a heavy icebreaker, were heading to the vessel Wednesday, with the help of the Joint
Rescue Centre in Halifax.
The icebreaker was expected to reach the Ann Harvey around
midnight to tow it to shore, and will then tow the Ann Harvey to safe anchorage
in Connoire Bay.
The Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown also departed
Halifax Wednesday, with plans to provide further support to the Ann Harvey.
The lifeboat stationed in Burgeo, the CCGC W.G. George,
reached the Ann Harvey earlier in the day and attached a tow line to the ship
and pulled it farther offshore.
The Coast Guard said the weather in the area is favourable
for the ship's position.
A dive team from the Department of National Defense
was expected to arrive in Burgeo overnight on Wednesday, to be later
brought to the Ann Harvey to survey the hull.