The Thistle SALM (Single Anchor Leg Mooring) was a tanker loading facility that allowed oil from the Thistle oilfield to be transported to land where a submarine export pipeline did not yet exist. It was also the site of the 8 August 1979 Wildrake diving accident that killed two divers. [1][2] and the 21 January 1981 Stena Seaspread diving accident (non-fatal).[3]
^"Two divers die trapped 500ft under the sea". The Herald (Glasgow). August 9, 1979.
^"Two dead in diving bell". The Scotsman. August 9, 1979.
^"Divers in Bell Rescue". Press and Journal (Scotland). January 22, 1981.
The ThistleSALM (Single Anchor Leg Mooring) was a tanker loading facility that allowed oil from the Thistle oilfield to be transported to land where a...
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