COTE DOPALE

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Ferry returned to port for murder arrest

The passengers of the 'Cote d'Opale' were stranded on the ferry after the operation saw officers force the ship to return to the Port of Dover on the morning of July 8, 2025, shortly after departing for Calais. A 22-year-old was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Tyler Hayward in Waltham Forest. An investigation was launched after police responded to calls of a stabbing at a Wetherspoons pub on Chingford Mount Road, East London, on the evening of July 6. Met officers responded with paramedics and a 26-year-old man was found with a stab wound to the chest. He pronounced dead at the scene. The ferry set off about half an hour after its scheduled departure. 20 minutes into the crossing to Calais, it turned back around to Dover.. Following the large police operation in Kent, officers boarded the ship to arrest the suspect in the murder investigation. The passengers were offered food and water by staff during the incident.

Arm torn off in accident

On Nov 21, 2021, around 8 p.m. an 41 year old company seaman was seriously injured aboard the 'Côte-d'Opale' which had just arrived at the quayside at the port of Calais. He had his arm ripped off. The Calais firefighters were alerted and took care of a victim aboard the ferry, which docked at the port about 30 minutes ago. It was not known at this time what caused such an injury. Placed in the ambulance, the victim was then transported to hospital by the SMUR.