MV Captayannis
Greek freighter shipwrecked in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Captayannis was a Greek sugar-carrying vessel that sank in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland in 1974.[2]
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Aerial view of the wreck of the Captayannis in 2023. | |
History | |
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Greece | |
Name | MV Captayannis |
Owner | M.& S.J. Paleocrassas Bros., Piraeus, Greece |
Port of registry | Piraeus |
Builder | A/S Nakskov Skibbs |
Launched | 15 June 1946 as Norden[1] |
Renamed | Captayannis, 1963 |
Identification | IMO number: 5415212 |
Fate | Sunk, 27 January 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Merchant vessel |
Tonnage | 4,576 GRT |
Length | 396 ft (121 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 4 in (17.17 m) |
Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
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