TIME KEY EVENTS

• 202051 - OOD ORDERS RIGHT FIVE DEG RUDDER - CO ARRIVES ON THE BRIDGE 10 SECONDS BEFORE THE COLLISION

• 202052 - INGERSOLL COLLIDES WITH M/V MATSUMI MARU NR.7, CH - CO ORDERS ALL STOP, LEFT 10 DEG RUDDER

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OOD FINALLY SEES THE MEETING SITUATION AND ORDERS RIGHT FIVE DEGREES RUDDER. WHY ONLY FIVE?

INGERSOLL REMAINED AT 25 KNOTS UNTIL AFTER THE COLLISION WHEN THE CO ORDERED ALL STOP AND LEFT RUDDER TO DISENGAGE THE M/V ANCHOR FROM INGERSOLL’S STBD BOW.

NEXT SLIDE SHOW GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE COLLISION