Ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard, Thirty-three people have been injured
The Scottish Ambulance Service said 21 people had been taken to hospital, and 12 people were treated at the incident scene at Imperial Dock, Leith.
A major incident was declared after the research vessel Petrel became dislodged from its holding on a dry dock.
People have been asked not to attend A&E at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI) unless it is an emergency.
Pictures posted on social media show the 3,000-tonne vessel, owned by the US Navy, leaning at a 45-degree angle.
The Scottish Ambulance Service said it was called to the incident at 08:30.
A spokesperson said 15 patients were taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, four to Western General Hospital and two to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
Another 12 people were treated and discharged at the scene.
The service said it sent five ambulances, an air ambulance, three trauma teams, a special operations team, three paramedic response units and a patient transport vehicle to the scene.one person is in surgery in an operating theatre at ERI.
Jacquie Campbell, chief officer of acute services at NHS Lothian, said: "Given the expected pressure on the site, we urge people not to attend A&E at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh unless it's an emergency."
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