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In May 2010, a 14-year-old sea cadet died after falling overboard in the Solent in a tragic holiday accident. The boy was training on the ship TS Royalist which was anchored at Stokes Bay south of Gosport, Hampshire when he fell 25ft (7.5m) into the sea.
The boy had been climbing the rigging to bring in the ship's sails when he fell into the sea. Despite being immediately retrieved and airlifted to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
At the time of the accident, the sea cadets were taking part in the organisation's 150th anniversary at the 2010 Sea Cadet Festival which was held at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth over a bank holiday.
The boy from Kent was one of 19 sea cadets and 10 staff on board the brig, all from the south-east of England and aged between 13 and 18.
The Chief Executive of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets said the accident had happened during a standard exercise after setting anchor for the night.
Speaking of the incident he said, "The Royalist had anchored, the cadets went aloft to furl and reef the sails and unfortunately the cadet fell while aloft. There was clearly major concern over his condition and the captain of Royalist called a Mayday."
The fatality is the first the ship has experienced since it was commissioned in 1971 and a full investigation was immediately launched into the incident to discover the full circumstances surrounding the death.
It is standard practice for all of the cadets climbing the riggings to wear a safety harness, however life jackets are not worn in case of entanglement with the riggings.
Following the incident, the training exercise which was meant to last a week was cut short and the remaining cadets were returned to their parents.
It was not immediately understood how the teenager came to fall off of the riggings. If the supervisors on the brig were found to be negligent in any way, it is possible that the boy's parents could make a compensation claim for their son's death.
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