Craigantlet

Craigantlet

Craigantlet wreck , 1983

Ship data flag  Cyprus Ship type Container Ship Shipyard Reposaaren Konepaja Launch 1972 Whereabouts Run aground on February 26, 1982

Ship dimensions and crew length 78 m ( Lüa ) width 13.4 m measurement 816 GRT   crew 11

Machine system machine Diesel engine Top speed 15 kn (28 km / h)

The Craigantlet (according to other sources also Craiganlet ) was a Cypriot container ship that on 26 February the 1982 Killantringan Lighthouse in Porta Maggie Bay, Wigtownshire, in southwest Scotland ran aground. The container ship was en route from Liverpool to Belfast when it hit the rocks just a few meters from the lighthouse. The lighthouse keeper raised the alarm, and so was the crew of the ship from a Sea-King - helicopters of the 829th Marine squadron, stationed at Prestwick be saved.

The ship

The ship was built by Reposaaren Konepaja shipyard in Reposaari , Finland , and was launched in 1972.

Consequences of doom

Since the ship had loaded containers with dangerous goods and some of them had been wrongly declared as empty, it was decided, in view of the impending environmental disaster , to evacuate the area for almost six weeks until the affected containers had been cleared away. During this time an automatic beacon was installed on the lighthouse.

today

Parts of the bow can still be seen in Portamaggie Bay at low tide in 2011.

Web links

Commons : Craigantlet  - Collection of Images

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information board in the port of Portpatrick ([...] More recently, in February 1982 the Cypriot registered coaster Craiganlet crashed into the rocks below Killantringan Lighthouse [...])
2. ↑ ^{a b} wreck data
3. ↑ ^{a b} Northern Lighthouse Board , page of the Killantringan Lighthouse

Coordinates: 54 ° 51 ′ 40.3 "  N , 5 ° 8 ′ 45.4"  W.