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PB87916401

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	74
Abstract	The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the capsizing and sinking of the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE was the sudden onset of high velocity wind that exceeded the limits of the vessel's stability causing the vessel to heel until downflooding occurred. Contributing to the extensive downflooding was the lack of watertight bulkheads in the hull. Contributing to the loss of life was the inability of the crew to retrieve life preservers from their stowage below deck and the malfunction of the vessel's liferafts.
Keywords	Wind Casualties Life rafts Marine accidents Pride of Baltimore vessel Capsizing
Source Agency	National Transportation Safety Board
NTIS Subject Category	85D - Transportation Safety 85G - Marine & Waterway Transportation
Corporate Authors	National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC. Bureau of Accident Investigation.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198712

Marine Accident Report - Capsizing and Sinking of the U.S. Sailing Vessel PRIDE OF BALTIMORE in the Atlantic Ocean, May 14, 1986.

Marine Accident Report - Capsizing and Sinking of the U.S. Sailing Vessel PRIDE OF BALTIMORE in the Atlantic Ocean, May 14, 1986.
PB87916401

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	74
Abstract	The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the capsizing and sinking of the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE was the sudden onset of high velocity wind that exceeded the limits of the vessel's stability causing the vessel to heel until downflooding occurred. Contributing to the extensive downflooding was the lack of watertight bulkheads in the hull. Contributing to the loss of life was the inability of the crew to retrieve life preservers from their stowage below deck and the malfunction of the vessel's liferafts.
Keywords	Wind Casualties Life rafts Marine accidents Pride of Baltimore vessel Capsizing
Source Agency	National Transportation Safety Board
NTIS Subject Category	85D - Transportation Safety 85G - Marine & Waterway Transportation
Corporate Authors	National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC. Bureau of Accident Investigation.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198712