# Stena Immaculate on fire off UK **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [March 10, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072 "2025-03-10T12:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 112
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/112 "2025-03-13T04:24:05Z")
Hopefully the Stena Immaculate was making the requisite sound signals of a vessel in fog. I assume her AIS was indicating that she was a vessel at anchor and to whether she used her VHF to warn the Solong will be certainly be of concern to the subsequent enquiry. My point was if anyone expects a vessel with the machinery such as that fitted to the Stena Immaculate to take avoiding action from anchor near a high trafficked area then such a vessel could never anchor. I never sailed with an automatic bell and gong. Back in the day at anchor off Rotterdam on a 350,000 DWT VLCC the only way I could hear whether the two AB’s were sounding the bell and gong was on the talkback system. They couldn’t hear each other and from the bridge wing I couldn’t hear either them. I might have had a chance if the engine room fans were shut down but that would mean 8 hours notice for manoeuvring for a steamer. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072)._