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- STRIKING - Allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels)SeriousJan 24, 2000ARGENTIA HARBOUR, NFLD, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
Harbour master advised vessel apparently damaged dock upon departure. No report from the vessel.
- GROUNDING - Under power (non-intentional)SeriousJan 8, 2000ARGENTIA HARBOUR, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)
On January 08, 2000 the vessel "BONAVISTA" ran aground while attempting to come alongside the wharf at Argentia, Nfld. The vessel was later refloated and secured to the dock. There was no pollution and no apparent damage. Divers to investigate.
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Speedlink Vanguard was a 3,514 GRT train ferry which was built in 1973 as Stena Shipper. She was charted to a New Zealand operator on completion and renamed Union Wellington and saw further service as Alpha Express and Stena Shipper before entering service with Sealink as Speedlink Vanguard. The ship was involved in a collision with European Gateway in 1982, which sank the latter ship with the loss of six lives. She saw further service under the names Caribe Express, Stena Shipper, Kirk Shipper, Normandie Shipper Bonavista, Boa Vista and Birlik 1 before being scrapped in 2013. The ship sailed under the flags of the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Greece, New Zealand, Panama, Sweden, Turkey and West Germany at various points in her career.
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