Ocean Angel #3 is SLPA’s highly likely working identification of the Ocean Angel casualty vessel. A separate photograph shows the number linked to Cazorla Jr. The evidence is useful; its limits remain visible.
Scope of the assessment. This page supports our analysis of the first public sitting on 13 October 2026. It is an editorial identification, not an authenticated registry finding or a Commission conclusion. None of these photographs is an accident-scene image.
Visual studies · Compare the references
The boats, brought into view.
Rendered studies of the likely vessels, with their earlier layouts and reference photographs one click away. Select a view, then open it full size to inspect the details.
AI-generated studio render · proportions estimated
A narrow, light-coloured hull, red-and-white passenger space, aft console and a single outboard. The render follows the pale canopy in the interior references. The beach photograph shows a blue canopy; image dates and any configuration changes remain unverified.
The SL077875 / SL077857 history remains unresolved; neither number is assigned to the rendered hull.
AI-generated studio render · proportions estimated
A white hull, bright blue interior, transverse benches, aft console and a single outboard. Visible support tubes are shown without fabric; the source does not establish full canopy coverage.
SL078180 is visible in the reference photograph. The render repeats that marking as an illustration, not registry authentication.
The simulated views are AI-generated visual aids, not shown to a common scale. Hull proportions and unseen fittings are estimated; they do not establish dimensions, engine power, capacity, safety equipment or the collision-night configuration. Read the render references and method, or follow the separate animated witness accounts.
Start with what can be read
Two photographic identifier leads.
The Ocean Angel name, #3 marking in another image, visible layout and one-outboard views inform the working identification, alongside additional research supplied by Kevin L. Michel. For Cazorla Jr., the Mango Tours photograph visibly carries SL078180, matching the government inquiry notice. Image dates and registry authentication remain unresolved.
The Ocean Angel name and an apparent SL077875 identifier are visible on a light hull, with a red interior, blue canopy and one visible outboard.
What it does not establish. The lettering is soft and no #3 numeral is asserted from this photograph. The photographer, capture date, publication date and originating URL are unknown. It does not establish the collision-night configuration.
Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown. Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.
The unedited photograph in the Mango Tours listing shows SL078180 on the hull. That number matches Cazorla Jr. in the government inquiry notice; the assessment predates this privacy edit.
Image treatment. AI-assisted privacy edit: occupants’ faces have been softened. The edit also regenerated pixels outside the faces, so boat lettering and fine details in this published copy are not independently authenticated evidence. The SL078180 assessment was made from the unedited source, retained in the research record.
What it does not establish. The photographic date and number-to-hull identity have not been authenticated through a registry record or dated owner confirmation. The photograph is not from the collision scene. The edited copy cannot independently authenticate fine details or lettering.
Mango Tours listing / TripAdvisor Capture/upload date not verified
The 8 September notice prints SL077875; the 9 October notice prints SL077857. The beach photograph appears to support the first sequence. The background #3 boat in Photo 11 appears to have a number ending 857.
The correspondence strengthens association with the inquiry record. It does not establish that two official registrations belonged to one hull, that a number changed, or that one notice simply contains an error. The registry history and dated vessel photographs could resolve the issue.
Structure and configuration
The likely Ocean Angel #3, seen from other angles.
The dockside and empty-interior photographs make the aft console and transverse benches easier to understand. Console fittings, paint, cushions and canopies can change. Similarities or differences alone do not prove common hull identity or a dated refit. In the two-boat photograph, the background boat is the identification subject.
A light hull, red interior, red-and-white transverse benches, pale canopy and aft white console are visible. Partial Ocean Angel lettering supports comparison with the other selected views.
What it does not establish. No readable registration is established from this view. A filename or similar fittings cannot establish fleet number or common hull identity. The photographer, dates and originating URL are unknown.
Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown. Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.
Red-and-white benches, a red interior, an aft white console, canopy framework and one visible Yamaha outboard provide a clear layout reference. A life-ring edge bears a 3.
What it does not establish. A number on equipment is not a hull identifier. No readable hull name or registration establishes identity or engine power. This WEBP and archived Photo 02 show the same composition; a different file encoding is not independent corroboration. Photographer, dates and originating URL are unknown.
Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown. Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.
The background boat appears labelled Ocean Angel #3 and has an apparent registration ending 857. Its light hull, red interior, pale canopy and aft console support the vessel comparison.
What it does not establish. The registration is partly obstructed and its history is unverified. The foreground craft is not the subject of this identification. Photographer, dates and originating URL are unknown. No person is identified from appearance.
Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown. Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.
Why other fleet images are not casualty-vessel depictions.
Ocean Angel 1 and 2Three comparison photographs
Ocean Angel 2 shows the different number SL077776. The #1 photographs show its name and twin outboards. These are retained as fleet comparisons, outside the casualty-vessel selection. The available images do not establish a complete fleet inventory; no inference about a fourth boat is used to prove #3 by elimination.
Source photograph · 03Excluded from the casualty-vessel selection
OCEAN ANGEL 2 and SL077776 are visible. The number differs from both SL077875 and SL077857 in the inquiry notices.
What it does not establish. This is retained as a fleet comparator, not presented as the casualty vessel. The selected photographs do not establish a complete fleet inventory.
Ocean Angel public fleet/profile page Capture/upload date not verified
The #1 name and two outboards distinguish this photographic configuration from the one-outboard views used in the Ocean Angel #3 assessment.
What it does not establish. This is a fleet comparator, not an incident-vessel photograph. The filename contains a date, but the capture date is not authenticated. Engine arrangements can change; the image alone does not establish a vessel’s history.
Ocean Angel public fleet/profile page Filename includes 2023-07-09; capture/upload date not verified
Related and unconfirmed source photographsThree source files
The earlier interior JPG and Photo 10 WEBP show the same composition. Different encodings do not provide independent corroboration. The other profile/interior views lack a readable casualty-vessel identifier.
Source photograph · 02Related file; not independent corroboration
This JPG from the operator’s fleet page shows the same interior composition as Photo 10. It is retained to preserve the source trail.
What it does not establish. A second encoding of the same composition is not additional independent photographic evidence. No readable name or hull identifier establishes the registration.
Ocean Angel public fleet/profile page Capture/upload date not verified
A Mango Tours review dated 15 May 2025 includes a blue-and-white interior and a sign concerning life jackets.
What it does not establish. No readable number connects this view to SL078180. A sign is not evidence of actual life-jacket use on the collision voyage. The review date is not a verified capture date.
Mango Tours listing / TripAdvisor Associated review written 15 May 2025; exact capture date not verified
Ten of the eleven selected source photographs are displayed unchanged. Photo 01 is an AI-assisted privacy edit: faces are softened, and pixels outside the faces were also regenerated. Its published lettering and fine details are not new authentication of the vessel. The SL078180 assessment used the unedited source, retained in the non-public research record. The four contributed photographs have unknown originating URLs, photographers and capture/publication dates; no EXIF date fields were found. Review dates attached to other images are not shutter dates.
The catalogue’s public-file hashes identify the displayed and downloadable files. For Photo 01, the unedited source hash is recorded separately; its download is the privacy-edited copy. A hash verifies file integrity, not vessel identity, date or the truth of a claim. No person is identified from appearance in a photograph.
The records needed for firmer identification are registry histories, a number-to-hull cross-reference, dated originals and confirmation of the collision-night configuration. Qualified reporting can describe the current assessment while these questions remain open.
A record that can be checked. Read the source passages, compare accounts and distinguish evidence from analysis.
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