{"id":4516,"date":"2018-11-30T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T12:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2018-11-30T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T12:59:36","slug":"early-report-blames-confused-watchstanders-possible-design-flaws-for-norways-sunken-frigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/11\/30\/early-report-blames-confused-watchstanders-possible-design-flaws-for-norways-sunken-frigate\/","title":{"rendered":"EARLY REPORT BLAMES CONFUSED WATCHSTANDERS POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAWS FOR NORWAY\u2019S SUNKEN FRIGATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4430\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/NORWAEGEAN-FRIGATE.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Defense News<\/p>\n<p>By: David B. Larter and Carl Prine<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s accident investigation board is raising questions about the watertight integrity of the Nansen-class frigates and is pointing its finger at shipbuilder Navantia in the wake of the collision and subsequent sinking of the frigate Helge Ingstad in early November.<\/p>\n<p>In a preliminary report released Thursday, the board reached an initial conclusion that confusion on the Ingstad\u2019s bridge during watch turnover was the proximate cause of the accident, but the sinking of the ship was caused by progressive flooding that appeared to overmatch Ingstad\u2019s watertight integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The Accident Investigation Board Norway, or AIBN, issued a public addendum to the report and a pair of warnings that the issues that sunk Ingstad could also apply to other Navantia ships, raising questions about a widespread quality issue at the Spanish shipbuilder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AIBN has found safety critical issues relating to the vessel\u2019s watertight compartments,\u201d the report reads. \u201cThis must be assumed to also apply to the other four Nansen-class frigates.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/11\/29\/early-report-blames-confused-watchstanders-possible-design-flaws-for-norways-sunken-frigate\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Defense News By: David B. Larter and Carl Prine Norway\u2019s accident investigation board is raising questions about the watertight integrity of the Nansen-class frigates and is pointing its finger at shipbuilder Navantia in the wake of the collision and subsequent sinking of the frigate Helge Ingstad in early November. In a preliminary report released&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/11\/30\/early-report-blames-confused-watchstanders-possible-design-flaws-for-norways-sunken-frigate\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EARLY REPORT BLAMES CONFUSED WATCHSTANDERS POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAWS FOR NORWAY\u2019S SUNKEN FRIGATE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4517,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions\/4517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}