page_title: MS Mikhail Lermontov
section_title: Cause as established by New Zealand inquiry
hierarchical_section_title: MS Mikhail Lermontov / Wreck / Cause as established by New Zealand inquiry
caption_attribution_description: English: Lifeboat number 10 from the MS Mikhail Lermontov (1972), on display outside Mariners Mall in Picton, New Zealand.
context_page_description: MS Mikhail Lermontov was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company, built in 1972 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. It was later converted into a cruise ship. On 16 February 1986 she collided with rocks near Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, and sank, claiming the life of one of her crew members.
context_section_description: The New Zealand preliminary inquiry report found that;
  "at the time of the grounding the ship's courses and speeds were being directed by Captain D.I. Jamison in the employ of the Marlborough Harbour Board as Harbourmaster and chief pilot."
  "The decision to direct the ship through the channel was made by Captain Jamison without consulting any other person at the time the ship was in position Lat 41˚ 01' 04" S Long 174 19' 30" E."
  "When Captain Jamison observed the passage between Cape Jackson and the Cape Jackson light house, to open up, he made a sudden decision to navigate the ship through that passage."
  The 1986 New Zealand Minister of Transport Richard Prebble later stated of the captain's actions, "why he decided to guide the ship over a passage that he actually knew was too shallow, I don't think he'll ever be able to answer."
caption: Mikhail Lermontov lifeboat No. 10, on display in Picton.
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