Borodinskoye Polye 
- Name
- Borodinskoye Polye
- Accident date
- 17/11/1993
- Location
- Scotland
- Accident area
- Lerwick, Shetlands
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Grounding
- Quantity transported
- 216, 000 tonnes
- Nature of pollutant
- bunker fuel
- Quantity spilled
- 370 tonnes
- Ship / structure type
- Fishing vessel
- Built date
- 1982
- Shipyard
- Veb Volkswerft Stralsund
- Length
- 101.45 m
- Width
- 15.22 m
- Draught
- 9.71 m
- Flag
- Russian
- Owner
- Zaprybpromrazvedka
The Russian fishing vessel the Borodinstoye Polye ran aground in strong seas about 2 km from Lerwick harbour in the North Sea on 17 November 1993.
All her 73 crew members were safely evacuated. 36 were airlifted by a coastguard rescue helicopter and the others were taken on a lifeboat. The vessel’s tanks were damaged and 370 tonnes of fuel spilled. The remaining fuel was transferred to another vessel. This operation ended on 28 November.
Sources:
- HOOKE, Norman, 1997, Maritime Casualties 1963-1996, second edition, LLP Limited, Londres
- Parliament of UK
External links
Shetland Islands Council, Civil contingencies planning from a Shetland perspective, J. Taylor, Emergency planning officer