Plenty people wonder why it took so long for Helge Ingstad; HI, to sink after the collision. It is suggested that some shaft seals in the HI watertight bulkheads were leaking in the hull. Well, if shaft seals are leaking filling the bilges sinking the HI ship, you should just start a bilge pump to p…

Bilge pumps are only designed to pump out the bilges; they won’t cope with a large inrush of water. Once the weight of water overcomes the buoyancy, down it goes. I’m sat on my wooden boat which has developed a 10mm hole in the hull, right on the bottom planking. It is quite amazing how much water…

Hm, the ship was floating long after the collision. The photo, taken when the ship was still floating, shows damages above waterline. Ships do not sink due to damages above waterline. Question remains what happened inside the ship.

The sequence of events seems to be thus: Initial flooding of the aft generator room, possibly due to deployed stabilizers. Progressive flooding due to failed seals where the prop shafts penetrated water tight bulkheads. The ship relatively quickly sank onto a shelf, and slipped deeper durin…

Here is the video from the other thread. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46136564

I must say I like the HI blue watertight doors. Easy to open and swing open, etc [HI%20blue%20door] When I was in the navy gray was the preferred color!

Some water tight door, only one handle in the middle instead of four, two on each side of the door! I suppose that these are crew quarters. It looks likes a normal cabin door with door handle to me, complete with the good old emergency kick out panel below. You know, doors can get jammed with a coll…

Blue watertight door with kick out panel! Yes, it is Norwegian standard.

Are those kick-out panels common? I know the Russian rules require them, but I don’t recall seeing them on most ships.

Helge Ingstad - Why did it sink?

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DamnYankee May 16, 2019, 11:46pm 3

As I recall it was laying on its side on a rock shelf and they attempted to run wire ropes to the shore to secure it. Eventually it slid into the fjord. This seems like the most likely reason it sank.

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Helge Ingstad - Why did it sink?

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