Casualities details
Ship casualties, including types of incidents, specific dates, and additional narrative details.
Casualty details
A man had a dramatic escape from the path of container ship while it was in the Solent, en route from Southampton to Le Havre. He was in a dinghy that found itself in the path of the container ship, with a stalled engine. He jumped overboard and swam for his life and was later recovered from the water by a patrol boat and taken to hospital after treatment for shock. The Harbour Authority for Southampton Water was investigating the near miss.