Murree (ship)

Murree

The Murree at the Austin & Pickersgill shipyard on December 5, 1981

Ship data flag  Pakistan Ship type SD-18 Owner Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Shipyard Austin & Pickersgill , Sunderland Build number 1407

Ship dimensions and crew length 152.00 m ( Lüa ) width 22.80 m Draft Max. 9.45 m measurement 11,960 GRT, 7900 NRT

Machine system machine 1 × Clark Hawthorn Sulzer RLB66 diesel engine Machine performance 8,700 kW (11,829 hp) Top speed 15.2 kn (28 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 18,125 dw

The Murree was a motor cargo ship built in 1981 that sank in the English Channel in 1989 . The name Murree connects the ship with the small Pakistani town and mountain station of the same name.

history

The Murree was one of three ships of the SD-18 type, a further development of the Liberty replacement ship type SD-14 .

The ship was built in the Austin & Pickersgill shipyard in Southwick am Wear and sailed exclusively for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation .

Downfall

On October 28, 1989, the ship sank in a severe storm of force 10 on the Beaufort scale 22 nautical miles southeast of Start Point . The crew was rescued by a search and rescue operation by RAF helicopters. Footage of the rescue was shown on the BBC series 999 . In 2013, the journalist treated John Sergeant the subject in a documentary about the Westland Sea King - helicopter .

The wreck of the Murree is used by wreck divers.

Web links

• Wreck Tour: 16, The Murree - Divernet
• The Wreck of the Murree
• Wreck Tour: 16, The Murree - Divernet
• MV Murree entry at UK Diving

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r1z3g BBC Sea King documentation

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 3 ° 14 ′ 5 ″  W.