(CNN) A large ship sitting in a dry dock came loose from its hold and overturned slightly in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on Wednesday, leaving 25 people injured, emergency services said.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service told CNN that 15 patients were taken to local hospitals and 10 others were treated and discharged at the scene of the accident at Imperial Dock in Leith, a neighborhood in northern Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Police Division said its officers and other emergency services were at the scene of the incident, which happened just before 8:30 am local time.
Photos from the scene identify the downed ship as the Research Vessel Petrel.
The 76-meter (251-feet) ship was funded by the late Microsoft founder Paul Allen and has gained notoriety in recent years after several long-lost shipwrecks were discovered. Its findings include USS Hornet and the USS Lexingtontwo US aircraft carriers were sunk by the Japanese during World War II.
However, the Petrel has been in long-term mooring since 2020, first in Florida and then in Scotland.
Deidre Brock, who represents Edinburgh North and Leith in the UK parliament, said on Twitter that “strong winds” had set the ship adrift.
According to Met Office observations, the area was hit by a strong gust of wind at the time of the incident.
