<!– google_ad_section_start –> Ballast that added 30 per cent to the weight of the Lamma IV made the vessel “sink like the Titanic” after its collision with the ferry Sea Smooth, an inquiry into the National Day sea tragedy heard yesterday. Naval architect Dr Neville Armstrong also criticised storage of the boat’s life jackets, which he said resembled “somebody’s lunch”. Armstrong, a commission-appointed expert, said the 8.25 tonnes of lead and seven tonnes of unspecified material were installed in the stern of the Lamma IV in 1998 to stabilise it. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Ballast made Lamma IV ‘sink like Titanic’
Ballast made Lamma IV ‘sink like Titanic’
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Ballast that added 30 per cent to the weight of the Lamma IV made the vessel “sink like the Titanic” after its collision with the ferry Sea Smooth, an inquiry into the National Day sea tragedy heard yesterday. Naval architect Dr Neville Armstrong also criticised storage of the boat’s life jackets, which he said resembled “somebody’s lunch”. Armstrong, a commission-appointed expert, said the 8.25 tonnes of lead and seven tonnes of unspecified material were installed in the stern of the Lamma IV in 1998 to stabilise it. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Ballast made Lamma IV ‘sink like Titanic’
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