C8/​1997M ms NA­JADEN, Ground­ing off Es­ton­ian Coast on 12.7.1997

10.09.2003

In summer 1997, bound from Kotka, Finland for Hamburg, Germany a Finnish Feeder-class cargo vessel grounded on 12.7.1997 off Estonian coast. The officer on watch had fallen asleep soon after he took the watch. He had not altered the course to follow the traffic separation but the vessel carried on across the Gulf of Finland over three hours until she grounded. The bottom of the vessel was damaged. Those onboard were not hurt and no environmental harm was caused.