GROUNDING OF THE PASSENGER SHIP ROYAL MAJESTY ON ROSE AND CROWN SHOAL NEAR NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS JUNE 10, 1995

On June 10, 1995, the passenger ship Royal Majesty grounded on a shoal about 10 miles east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, whilst on passage from Bermuda to Boston. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB/MAR-97/01 http://www.ntsb.gov/ publictn/1997/mar9701.pdf) focuses on determining how this vessel could travel, unknown to the crew, more than 17 miles off course. The immediate cause of the grounding was clear - the failure of the officer of the …

…concluded that the probable cause of the grounding was: 1) The over-reliance of the watchkeeping officers on the automated features of the integrated bridge system. 2) The failure of the Company to ensure that its officers were adequately trained in the automated features of the integrated bridge system and in the implications of this automation for bridge resource management. 3) Deficiencies in the design and implementation of the integrated bridge system, and in the procedures for its operation.