Fill in the gaps with the following words: ingress, deployed, aground, equipped, route, revealed, deteriorated, way-points, steering, avert
A ship nearly ran when it was being navigated in pilotage waters with its autopilot in “automatic track keeping mode”. The ship was with a sophisticated integrated bridge system which allowed the auto-pilot to make course alterations at programmed . The system failed to initiate a course change, and when the ship was very close to running aground, the master engaged manual and turned the ship sharply to the grounding.
A single-hold general cargo vessel with a cargo of clay and manganese was en to its next destination when the weather and the winds became south-westerly at Beaufort force 10. A trim by the head was observed and an inspection of the cargo hold the presence of water; however, the location of water could not be determined. Pumps were , but were unable to stem the vessel’s increasing draft. The vessel was abandoned and it later sank.
