Earlier in the year the Zephyr 76A made its combat debut as the oiler supply ship on the February Flourish exercise. However it suffered multiple problems with cargo handling forcing the premature end of the exercise. Now a Zephyr has failed again on its second exercise deployment as part of August Flourish 2113 (maybe the "Flourish" is unlucky for the Zephyr?)
SS Zenith suffered an accident while transferring supplies to SS Foxhound. Three crew were injured when a crane collapsed, though none of the crew are said to be in danger. The exercise is continuing for now though an Extender 73A oiler is en route to replace Zenith. Director of Operations Knobhead has asked for a full review of the Zephyr's cargo handling equipment.
