Piper Alpha Life Raft Cover
AssociatedAssociated with
Piper Alpha
AssociatedAssociated with
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
(Houston, Texas, USA, founded 1920)
Date1988
Object NameLife Raft Cover
MediumFibreglass
ClassificationsNorth Sea Oil and Gas Industries
Dimensionslength 162cm x breadth 61cm x height 32cm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS077136
Keywords
This life raft cover was dragged up in trawler nets 20 years after the disaster on the Piper Alpha platform in July 1988.
The skipper of the FV DELIVERANCE FR254 handed the raft cover in with the following account:
On Wednesday 10th December 2008, we were fishing at an area just east of the Piper Saltire field. We had been towing for 6 hours to the South West towards Piper Bravo and went to haul our nets at 1200hrs in position 58 27.875N, 000 21.244E approximately 3 miles due east of the platform. Once we got our catch aboard, we discovered a raft. On inspection of the raft we discovered a name and date which I assumed was associated to the Piper Alpha tragedy.
