Editing Red Funnel (section)

==Incidents==
*On 9 March 1997, ''Red Falcon'', inbound from Cowes, collided in [[Southampton Water]] with the outbound [[trailing suction hopper dredger]] ''Volvox Hansa'' in fog. Both ships' masters were held to blame.<ref>{{cite web |title=... aanvaring van de Nederlandse hopperzuiger "Volvox Hansa" ... met de Engelse ferry "Red Falcon" |url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-1998-231-URS182.html |publisher=Staatscourant van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden |access-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721204358/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-1998-231-URS182.html |archive-date=21 July 2021 |language=nl |date=2 December 1998}}</ref>
*On 10 March 2006, ''Red Falcon'', collided with the [[linkspan]] at the [[Southampton]] Town Quay terminal.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4795670.stm | title=Investigators examine ferry crash | publisher=BBC | date=11 March 2006 | access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> Eight passengers and one crew member were injured and significant damage was caused to the Southampton end of the ''Red Falcon'' and to the linkspan. The collision caused a {{convert|5|m|adj=on}} hole above the waterline and buckling of the car deck doors.
*''Red Eagle'' collided with ''Humber Energy'' in the Thorne Channel, near Southampton Water, on the evening of 21 December 2006.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6202427.stm Ferry and barge channel collision] [[BBC News]]</ref> Coastguards said nobody was injured and neither vessel was badly damaged. Richard Pellew, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: "Having examined the minor damage sustained to the ''Red Eagle'' we are advising Red Funnel on the repair work the ferry needs before it can resume normal service."
*On 5 November 2016 a man on a [[personal water craft]] collided with ''Red Jet 4''. No one was injured and no damage was caused.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-37883905 | title=Man on jet ski ploughs into ferry off Southampton | publisher=BBC | date=5 November 2016 | access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>
*''Red Eagle'' was involved in a collision in thick fog on 27 September 2018. It was reported that the ferry had ploughed through the moorings of three yachts and a channel marker was struck.<ref>{{cite web |title=Car ferry 'tears yachts from moorings' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-45668860 |website=BBC News |access-date=29 October 2018 |date=27 September 2018}}</ref> The following month, the ''Red Falcon'' also hit several yachts at East Cowes in thick fog, sinking one of them. The vessel grounded in the incident with forty passengers aboard and was not refloated until three hours later. The sunken yacht, ''Greylag'', was recovered the following day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Run aground ferry captain suspended |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-45938466 |website=BBC News |access-date=29 October 2018 |date=22 October 2018}}</ref>