Platform Wrecks 1900-2000

Alexander L Kielland Wreck

27.3.80 CAPSIZED IN STORMY SEAS WHEN ONE OF THE 5 SUPPORT LEGS BROKE OFF ON 27.3.80 WHILE IN THE EKOFISK OIL FIELD, NORTH SEA. WAS TOWED TO BOKNAFJO...

C.e.thornton Wreck

BUILT IN 1958. SELF ELEVATING DRILLING PLATFORM OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY READING & BATES OFFSHORE DRILLING CO. PASSAGE BANDAR ABBAS FOR RED SEA. BROKE...

Dixilyn-Field 83 Wreck

BUILT IN 1974 BY MARATHON LE TOURNEAU CO., VICKSBURG, MISSOURI. CAPSIZED WHEN ONE OF ITS LEGS SANK INTO SUBSOIL, IN BASSEIN FIELD OFF THE BOMBAY COAST...

Dorra 5 Wreck

20.9.78 PLATFORM, STRUCK BY UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL BETWEEN 20.9.78 & 2.10.78. CONSIDERED TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS VOLS.234 & 236).

Gatto Selvatico Wreck

BUILT IN 1961. A SELF-ELEVATING DRILLING PLATFORM. ON LOCATION AT VILAMATSA, OFF MADAGASCAR. HAD ONE LEG PENETRATE THE SEA FLOOR DUE TO HEAVY WEATHER...

Gex One Wreck

27.1.89 CAPSIZED DUE TO WATER INGRESS INTO HULL. LATER SANK. (LL, 27.1.89).

Hector Gannet Wreck

BUILT IN 1962. HOME PORT GT YARMOUTH. A TM STERN TRAWLER EMPLOYED AS SAFETY VESSEL FOR HEWETT A DRILLING PLATFORM. WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, CAPSIZED AND...

Interocean Ii Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK IN FORCE 10 WIND WHEN TOW PARTED WHILE BEING TOWED FROM BLOCK 48/7 TO BLOCK 50/26. (LL).

J W Nickle-Mobile Wreck

25.3.70 WAS DAMAGED DURING GROUNDING ACCIDENT 25.3.70 IN 252400N, 543700E APPROX. LATER REFLOATED AND DRIFTED. WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY TUG THAMES AND SC...

Namorado Field Jacket Wreck

WAS UNDER TOW OF SEVERAL TUGS & LOADED ON BARGE 'INTERMAC 600'. ON PASSAGE FROM SCOTLAND FOR BRAZIL. BARGE CAPSIZED AFTER BREAKING TOW IN SEVERE WEATH...

Ocean Ranger Wreck

15.2.82 CAPSIZED IN SEVERE GALE & SANK ON 15.2.82. ALL CREW LOST. REFLOATED 18.8.83 SANK AGAIN PREMATURELY ON 23.8.83 WHILE UNDER TOW TO BE SCUTT...

Paguro Wreck

JACK-UP OIL DRILLING RIG/PLATFORM, BUILT 1963. DESTROYED BY BLOWOUT & FIRE. THREE MEN DIED. (MSD).

Piper Alpha Wreck

6.7.88 PRODUCTION PLATFORM DESTROYED BY AN EXPLOSION 6.7.88. LEGS OF PLATFORM WERE CUT BY USE OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGES ON 28.3.89 ALLOWING THE UPPER PAR...

Rowan Gorilla I Wreck

19.12.88 BUILT IN 1983 BY MARATHON LE TOURNEAU CO, VICKSBURG, MS. DEVELOPED A LIST WHEN ONE OF ITS BALLAST TANKS CRACKED AND BEGAN TO TAKE IN WATER...

Sedco 251 Wreck

HAD BLOW OUT WHILE DRILLING BUNGKU NO 1 WELL. CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL).

Sedco-250 Wreck

2.6.81 OVERTURNED, APPARENTLY WHEN LEAKING GAS FROM WELL ON WHICH IT WAS WORKING, WEAKENED THE SEABED AND CREATED A CRATER. (LL, 2.6.81).

Sedco-J Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE BEING TOWED FROM PORT GENTIL TO KARACHI, VIA CAPE TOWN, FOR SCRAPPING. (LL).

Skate Ii (Debris From)(Probably) Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK. PLATFORM RECOVERED, BUT LEGS AND A CONTAINER IT WAS CARRYING STILL MISSING.

Sleipner A Wreck

27.8.91 SANK WITHIN 15 MINS OF A LEAK COMMENCING THROUGH A CRACK WHICH DEVELOPED IN A DRILLING SHAFT DURING BALLASTING TRIALS BEING CONDUCTED BY FAB...

Transocean Iii Wreck

8.1.74 SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE DRILLING PLATFORM. WAS MOORED ON LOCATION 9/13-4, WHEN LEG NO.4 BROKE AWAY. THE UNIT CAPSIZED, FLOATED FOR A PERIOD, BUT...

W D Kent Wreck

24.2.76 SANK WHEN STRUCK BY DRILLING BARGE WESTERN OFFSHORE NO.111, WHICH HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM ITS MOORINGS DURING A STORM. (LL, 24.2.76).

West Gamma Wreck

EX-DRILLING PLATFORM DYVI GAMMA. A SELF-ELEVATING ACCOMMODATION PLATFORM. BROKE ADRIFT FROM MOORINGS DURING A VIOLENT STORM IN WHICH THE HELICOPTER PL...