In fondo al mar

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5150680
• Year of construction: 1961
• Gross tonnage: 500 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 38.17, 16.47 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Fertilizers - 900 Tons (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Registered owner: Aso navigazione
• Company: Società di Navigazione Aso
• Company address: Naples, NA, Italy

Description

Cargo ship launched in 1961 and flying the flag of Honduras. It sunk on May 17 1979 off Locri in Calabria, southern Italy. The vessel was transporting 900 tons of ammonium sulphate, a waste product of the chemical industry. According to documents obtained from the Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the vessel would have sunk "after having struck a submerged object".

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5237309
• Year of construction: 1959
• Gross tonnage: 984 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Marina di Carrara to Skikda
• Coordinates: 38.66, 9.22 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Marble - Dust
• Lives lost: 7
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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Description

Cargo ship, launched in 1959 and flying the Italian flag. It sank on the 17th of February 1980, with a cargo of marble dust, a substance capable of screening radioactive material. The sea depth in the point of incident is around 2000 meters, making it extremely difficult to verify claims that the ship has been used to dispose of dangerous waste. According to the Lloyd's Register of Shioppig 7 people died as a consequence of the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5088605
• Year of construction: 1954
• Port of registry: Piraeus
• Gross tonnage: 497 tons
• Previous names: Dened (1954-1965) | Heino Brohan (1965-1973) | Nordholm (1973-1975) | Galholm (1975-1980)
• Previous accidents: 1979-07 | 1980-06

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• Coordinates: 38.753, 8.999 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Good Weather
• Cargo: Chemicals - Chemical Solvents
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Registered owner: Raptis I
• Company address: 4, Saranta Ekklision Street, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece / 0030 210 275 6774

Description

Greek cargo ship sunk in good weather conditions, 16 miles south-east of Cape Spartivento in southern Sardinia, on July 5th 1981. It was on a journey to Malta and carried dangerous chemical solvents. The same ship had already experienced two incidents in 1979 and in 1980.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5054159
• Year of construction: 1956
• Gross tonnage: 1382 tons

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• Coordinates: 36.28, 16.48 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Cement (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Pitsilades E
• Registered owner: Karkes Maritime
• Company: Karkes Maritime Co Ltd
• Company address: c/o Emmanuel Pitsilades & Co, 2, Iasonos Street, 185 37 Piraeus, Greece / 0030 210 2418 1684

Description

Cypriot ship launched in 1956 and sunk on August 27th 1981 70 miles off the south-eastern coast of Sicily with good weather. Officially it carrying just cement. Ports of depature and destination are not available in Lloyd's records. It was owned by Pitsilades, a shipping company with HQs in Piraeus, Greece.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5009403
• Year of construction: 1940
• Port of registry: Viareggio
• Gross tonnage: 996 tons
• Previous names: Froste (1940-1961) | Alda (1961-1966) | Andrea Camalich (1966-1970) | Peyra (1970-1977)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from La Spezia to Alexandria
• Coordinates: 37.72, 20.37 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Minerals - 1200 tonns - Manganese
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Registered owner: Avallone I
• Company: Iodoro Avallone
• Company address: Viale Ugo Foscolo 24, 55049

Description

Italian cargo ship with a tonnage of 996, launched in 1949 and sunk on June 26 1982 off the island of Zante, Greece. At the moment of the accident it was travelling from La Spezia in Italy, to Alexandria in Italy. The official cause of the incident is a water infiltration in the machine room. It transported a cargo of 1200 tons of manganese, an high toxic substance. According to the specialist website Zona Nucleare [www.zonanucleare.com], while leaving the port of Alexandria it would have collided with another ship. Nonetheless, strangely the captain did not inform port authorities about the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5327805
• Year of construction: 1949
• Port of registry: Catania
• Gross tonnage: 198 tons
• Previous names: Gloria (1949-1954)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Trapani to Malta
• Coordinates: 36.35, 13.3 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Marble (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Registered owner: La Magna Salvatore
• Company: La Magna Salvatore
• Company address: Via Di Lorenzo 38, Catania, Italy

Description

Italian cargo ship launched in 1949, owned by the company La Magna Salvatore, based in Catania, Sicily. It was on a journey from Trapani (Sicily) to Malta, when, it sank on November 2nd 1982, off Trapani, Sicily, in 1250 metres deep waters. It was carrying marble, a material capable of screening radioactivity, and conceal radioactive waste in case of controls by port authorities. After the incident all members of the crew were reported safe.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6913699
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Piraeus
• Gross tonnage: 2621 tons
• Previous names: Shinkai Maru (1968-1976)
• Previous accidents: Wrecked / Stranded on 1980-02-13

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• Last travel: from Alicante to Misurata
• Coordinates: 36.5, 12.12 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Cement (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Belgravia Maritime Company Ltd
• Registered owner: Belgravia Maritime Corp Ltd
• Company: Vitalon Compania Naviera SA
• Company address: c/o Belgravia Maritime Corp Ltd, 2, Afentouli Avenue, Piraeus, Greece. / 0030 210 451 0418

Description

Greek cargo ship launched in 1968 and owned by Belgravia Maritime Corp Ltd. It was transporting a cargo of cement from Alicante in Spain to Misurata in Libya, when it sank on December 2nd 1982. The same ship had already wrecked in 1980 off Ahus in Sweden.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5368419
• Year of construction: 1953
• Port of registry: Panama
• Gross tonnage: 498 tons
• Previous names: Twee Gezusters (1953-1955) | Trim (1955-1981)
• Previous accidents: Contact 1984-01-29

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• Last travel: from Malta to Porto Nogaro
• Coordinates: 38.08, 16.42 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal - 500 tonns - scrap iron
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Fundalo Shipping
• Company: Fundalo Shipping Corp
• Company address: c/o MRK Gesellschaft fur Schiffsverwaltung AG, Postfach 732, 8039 Zurich, Switzerland

Description

Old Cargo ship (built in 1953) flying the Panamian flag and owned by Fundalo Shipping, a company based in Zurich, Switzerland. It had set off from Malta with a reported cargo of 500 tons of scrap iron and it was bound to Porto Nogaro in Friuli. It sank on May 25 1984, 17 miles off the town of Bovalino near Reggio Calabria, Italy. This is an area where many other sinkings would later take place. The crew was reported safe.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6500301
• Year of construction: 1965
• Port of registry: Limassol
• Gross tonnage: 1219 tons
• Previous names: Protis (1965-1974) | Nejma (1974-1976) | Lazar (1976-1979) | Elias G (1979-1984)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Mersin to Tripoli (Lybia)
• Coordinates: 35.33, 19.52 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: General - Chickpeas / barbed wire
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Stella Navigation
• Company: Stella Navigation Ltd
• Company address: 16, Prigkipissis Zinas de Tyras Street, Nicosia, Cyprus

Description

Cypriot cargo ship foundered in the morning of December 5th 1984, 130 miles off Kalamata in Greece. Officially the cause of the incident was a flooding of the machine room. At the time of the incident was on a journey from Mersin in Turkey to Tripoli in Lybia. Officially it was carrying chickpease and barbed wire. The ship owned by Stella Navigation, had changed name few months before the sinking.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6422092
• Year of construction: 1964
• Gross tonnage: 1148 tons
• Previous names: La Laja (1964-1977) | Avior (1977-1981) | Panarab One (1981-1983) | Pantanassa (1983-1985) | Nicos I (1985-1986) |
• Previous accidents: Stranded on 25/10/1983 off Jiddah and then refloated

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• Coordinates: 35.49, 18.8 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)

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General cargo ship built in 1964 and flying the flag of Honduras. Itdisappeared misteriously betwen July and November 1985, after it left from the port of La Spezia in Italy, with destination the port of Lomè in Togo . According to the account of the disappearance contained in the 2009 dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (suspicious sinkings) of Italian environmental NGO Legambiente, before disappearing the ship docked at several off-route ports in Cyprus, Lebanon and Greece. Built in 1964 the vessel had already sunk in 1983 off Jiddah in the Red Sea, and was subsequently refloated. No information is currently available on the ownership of this ship. N.B.: the position of the sinking on the map is purely indicative, since there is no official record on the sinking.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5275703
• Year of construction: 1957
• Port of registry: Palermo
• Gross tonnage: 499 tons
• Previous names: Peter (1957-1970) | Thomas M (1970-1982)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Porto Empedocle to Palermo
• Coordinates: 38.133, 12.49 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Chemicals - Potassium / Phosphates
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Mediterannea
• Company: Mediterranea di Luigi Mandala e C Snc
• Company address: Piazza Fonderia 27, 90133 Palermo, Italy

Description

Small Italian cargo ship (tonnage 499), manufactured in 1957 and owned by the company Mediterranean of Luigi Mandalà & C. Snc, based in Palermo, Italy. According to the official account of the incident, held by the Lloyd's Register of Shipping in London, the vessel was carrying phosphates and potassium. For the environmental organisation Legambiente instead it was carrying pumice a volcanic rock used in constructions and cosmetics. It sank around 3 pm on October 8th 1984, 4 miles off Punta Solano, near San Vito Lo Capo on the north-western coast of Sicily. It was sailing from Port Empedocle, a port in southern Sicily, to Palermo at the time of the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• Year of construction: 1967
• Gross tonnage: 1989 tons
• Previous names: Procyon (till 1967), Sao Leopoldo (1967-1979), Teti (1979-1982), Lady Anna (1982-1983), Bebel (1983-1985)
• Previous accidents: 1984-04-11 Wrecked/Stranded (its was called BEBEL at the time)

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• Last travel: from Marina di Carrara to Molfetta
• Coordinates: 38.84, 14.23 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Marble - Granulated
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Group owner: SADAV Srl
• Registered owner: Golden Trade SpA
• Company address: via agostino Depretis 102, 80133 Naples, NA, ITALY

Description

Italian cargo ship launched in 1967 and owned by Golden Trade, a company, based in Naples, controlled by Sadav Ltd. It sank on October 31st 1986, between the the Aeolian Islands and Vibo Valentia, Calabria while on tow after a leak had opened in the hull. The vessel had left for Molfetta in Puglia from the port of Massa di Carrara. This is a point of departure which recurs in different suspicious sinkings. The declared cargo was granulated marble, a material able to screen radioactivity in case of controls.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6816061
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Limassol
• Gross tonnage: 299 tons
• Previous names: Vosso (1968-1981) | Noynak (1981-1982), Nounak (1982-1983)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Alexandria to Venice
• Coordinates: 42.39, 15.45 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Chemicals - 700 tonnes - Chemical Waste
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Group owner: Saint George Shipping
• Registered owner: Maryport Navigation
• Company: Maryport Navigation Co Ltd
• Company address: c/o Saint George Shipping Co, 117, Notara Street, 185 35 Piraeus, Greece

Description

Cypriot ship wrecked close to the island of Pianosa on March 11th 1986. In the hold 695 tons of "chemical waste" as it is reported in the Casualty Returns of the Lloyd's of London. The vessel was controlled by Saint George Shipping, a company based in Piraeus in Greece. According to the reconstruction of the incident made by Italian environmental NGO Legambiente, the ship left from the port La Spezia on February 2nd, then stopped in Alexandria, and Greece, and left again, having changed its name in the meanwhile. According to the testimony of Fernando Mengoni, doctor of the health service of the city Foggia quoted in the report produced by Legambiente "The hold of the ship turns out to be open: the part of the visible cargo to the inspection results fromed by a strongly smelly substance slush of colour, with wide frothy zones and in evident state of fermentation and putrefaction". The authorities did not intervene to remove the wreckage.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6618718
• Year of construction: 1966
• Port of registry: Naples
• Gross tonnage: 983 tons
• Previous names: Marina (1966-1973)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Chioggia to Tripoli (Lybia)
• Coordinates: 38.56, 17.5 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: General - 1760 tonns (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Angelamar
• Registered owner: Angelamar
• Company: Angelamar
• Company address: 1) Via Raffaele Imbo 4, 80070 Monte di Procida NA, Italy 2) Via Agostino Depretis 114, 80133 Naples

Description

Small Italian cargo ship (983 tons) launched in 1966. It sunk to a depth of 2000 meters on November 3rd 1986, after developing list and capsizing off Capo Colonna in Calabria. It was sailing from the port of Chioggia, Italy to Tripoli in Lybia. No information is available on the content of the 1760 tons cargo. The vessel was owned by Angelamar, a shipping company based in Naples.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6902107
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Valletta
• Gross tonnage: 3852 tons
• Previous names: Kanefuji Maru (1968-1978) | Cosmo Trader (1978-1981) | Philtrader (1981-1982)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Marina di Carrara to Limassol
• Coordinates: 37.58, 16.49 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: General - 3000 tonns (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Navitrans Maritime
• Registered owner: Ocean Star Shipping
• Company: Ocean Star Shipping Ltd
• Company address: c/o Navitrans Maritime Inc, 7, Ifigenias Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece.

Description

Maltese cargo ship of 3825 tons, gross tonnage, launched in 1968. It was owned by Navitrans Maritime, a shipping company based in Athens. It sank 20 miles south of Reggio Calabria, off Cape Spartivento, on September 21st 1987, in very deep waters. The captain and the crew of the ship were convicted for fraud against the Lloyd's. An inquiry demonstrated anomalies in the cargo declaration. According to independent reports, the containers would have transported thorium, a radioactive metal. On the diary of Giorgio Comerio, the infamous broker of toxic waste, on the date of the sinking appears the note "lost the ship". The dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (Suspicious sinkings) published by Italian environmental NGO Legambiente asserts that the whole crew disappeared after the sinking.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7364376
• Year of construction: 1974
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 499 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Piraeus to Sardinia
• Coordinates: 36.49, 16.4 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Metal (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 1

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• Registered owner: Husnu Sismanyazicioglu
• Company: Husnu Sismanyazicioglu Denizcilik ve Ticaret As
• Company address: 14 B Blok, Denizciler Is Merkezi, Ord Prof Fahrettin Kerim Gokay Caddesi Altunizade Mah, Uskudar, 34

Description

Little cargo ship of 499 tonns, manufactured in 1974, flying the Turkish flag and owned by the Husnu Sismanyazicioglu, based in Istanbul. It sank on January 24th 1988, 60 miles off Capo Passero in Sicily. It was sailing from the port of Piraeus in Greece, headed to Sardinia, and officially was carrying "ferrous materials". After the accident the crew was rescued by a Rumenian and a Bulgarian ship.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7007344
• Year of construction: 1969
• Port of registry: Colombo
• Gross tonnage: 1982 tons
• Previous names: Swinoujscie (1969-1986) | Elias E II (1986-1987) |
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Collision on 02/07/1983

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• Last travel: from Antalya to Barcelona
• Coordinates: 35.72, 17.33 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Marble - Granulated
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 3
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Group owner: Four Star Lines
• Registered owner: Andromeda Maritime Co
• Company: Andromeda Maritime Co.
• Company address: c/o Four Star Lines SA, 38, Akti Poseidonos, 185 31 Piraeus, Greece

Description

Small cargo ship launched in 1969 with a tonnage of 1982 tonns and flying the flag of Sri Lanka while owned by the Panamanian company Four Star Lines. It foundered on December 9th 1988 150 miles off Cape Passero, southern Sicily. 3 members resulted missing. At the moment of the incident It was sailing from Adalia, Turkey to Barcelona, Spain. Officially the cargo consisted only of marble, a material which however is able to screen radioactivity. It had already been damaged by a collision in 1983.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6820000
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Valletta
• Gross tonnage: 2918 tons
• Previous names: Etsuyo Maru (1968-1977) | Pollux (1977-1980) | Mania (1980-1983) | Haris (1983-1984) | Hara (1984-1985) | Happines I (1985-1986) | Fame (1986-1987) | Ocanido (1987-1988)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Hull/Machinery damage on 1987-03-03

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• Last travel: from Tripoli (Lebanon) to Kardeljevo
• Coordinates: 41.914, 15.396 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Unknown - Officially empty (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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Description

Cargo ship flying the Maltese flag, launched in 1968 and of Japanese manufacture. It was sailing from the port of Tripoli in Lebanon, headed to the port of Ploèe in Crotia, when it sank off the coast of Gargano in Puglia, Italy, on December 16th 1988. The ship was then washed ashore to end against the dunes of the coastal lake of Lesina, in the Gargano peninsula. The name of the ship was changed shortly before of the accident. The dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" of Legambiente declares that after the incident "around the hull, for a three kilometres ray, lie 23 rusted and smelly barrels". Investigative journalist Gianni Lannes detected abnormal levels of radioactivity around the remains of the ship, which to date are still abandoned on the beach of Lesina, and around a number of rusty drums scattered on the beach. No official information is available about the owners.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5205813
• Year of construction: 1956
• Port of registry: Valletta
• Gross tonnage: 495 tons
• Previous names: Leliegracht Malta (1956-1966) | Magu (1966-1984) | Vespa II (1984-1985)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic damage on 1984-10-13, Hull/Mechanic damage on 1985-07-25

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• Last travel: from Piraeus to Ravenna
• Coordinates: 44.3, 13.29 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: General - Carobs
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Euromarine Shipping
• Company: Euromarine Shipping Ltd

Description

Maltese cargo ship launched in 1956. It was heading to Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Northern Italy, having departed from the port of Piraeus in Greece. It sank on August 1st 1989 off the coast of Rimini in good weather conditions. No victims are reported among the crew. Officially it was carrying carobs.

• Ship type: Container Ship (Fully Cellular)
• Year of construction: 1970
• Gross tonnage: 1456 tons
• Previous names: Tagus (1974), City of Lisbon (1974), Cape Hustler (1979), Cape (1985)
• Previous accidents: 1983-04 (Hull Mechanic Damage), called CAPE 1988-02 (Contact) called CAPE HUSTLER

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• Last travel: from Zante to Algeria
• Coordinates: 36.38, 19.37 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: General - Tomato Juice
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 1

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• Group owner: Kavados GX
• Registered owner: Mirror Navigation
• Company address: c/o Gerassimos X kavados, 67, Iroon Politechniou Avenie, 185 36 Piraeus Greece

Description

Container ship flagged by Saint Vincent and Grenadine. It sank on November 22 1989 off the island of Zante in Greece from which it had left with an unknown cargo. The ship was officially headed to Algeria. It was owned by Mirror Navigation, a company controlled by GX Kavados, a shipping enterprise based in Piraeus, Greece. It had had a contact with another ship one year before sinking.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6920264
• Year of construction: 1969
• Port of registry: Hamburg
• Gross tonnage: 998 tons
• Previous names: Caribou (1969-1972) | Fuchsberg (1972-1980) | Caroline Graebe (1980-1983) | Euro Liner (1983-1987) | Daniel O (1987-1990)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Naples to Valencia
• Coordinates: 39.33, 11.44 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Trans-baltic
• Registered owner: Daniel O
• Company: Partenreederei ms 'Daniel O'
• Company address: c/o Trans-baltic-Schifffahrt GmbH, Europaring 32, 21423 Winsen (Luhe), Germany

Description

Small cargo ship of 998 tons, gross tonnage, flagged by Antigua and Barbuda. It sank on December 10 1990 off the northern coast of the Sicily while on a journey from Naples to Valencia. According to documents obtained from the Lloyd's of London the content of the cargo is unknown. An article published by daily newspaper "la Repubblica" at the time of the incident reported that the ship sank after developing list, and that the 7 members of the crew - 5 Poles and 2 Germans - were saved from a Swedish ship. The Cte Rocio was owned by the German company Daniel O, controlled by Trans-baltic.Schifffahrt based in Winsen (Luhe).

• Ship type: Ro-Ro
• IMO/ID code: 6810744
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Naples
• Gross tonnage: 2307 tons
• Previous names: Arabella (1968-1969) | Neva (1969-1971) | Claude Debussy (1971-1973) | Jolly Rosso (1973-1989)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Valletta to La Spezia
• Coordinates: 39, 15.5 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Containers (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Group owner: Ignazio Messina & C SpA
• Registered owner: Ignazio Messina & C SpA
• Company: Italy
• Company address: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio 91, 16121 Genoa GE, Italy / 0039 010 539 6264

Description

Italian ro-ro ship launched in 1968 and owned by the powerful shipping company Ignazio Messina. It stranded on the beach of Formiciche near Amantea on the western coast of Calabria, Italy on December 14 1990, after having nearly sunk - officially as a consequence of leaks sprung in the hull. A number of journalist investigations, among which the one conducted by Riccardo Bocca of l'Espresso magazine have documented the highly suspicious character of the sinking. The crew abandoned with great hurry the ship when it was still possible to save it. The port authorities of Vibo Valentia recovered 17 containers in the hold, of the 25 which were present at the departure from Valletta, Malta. In the aftermath of the incident the owners of the ship employed Smit Tak, a Dutch company expert in dealing with cases of radioactive contamination. Caesium traces have been detected in the vicinity of the ship, and in different areas on the coast where it is suspected that the content of the Rosso has been illegally disposed after the accident. The dossier "Affondamenti Sospetti" (suspicious sinkings) published in 2009 by Italian environmental NGO Legambiente declares that "previously it had been rented by the Italian government to bring back from Lebanon to Italy 9532 drums of toxic waste exported illegally by Italian enterprises". In 1988 Giorgio Comerio, an entrepeneur involved in the traffic of toxic waste, had tried to purchase the ship in order to use for its infamous project of sea disposal of radioactive waste.

• Ship type: Chemical Tanker
• IMO/ID code: 8119443
• Year of construction: 1983
• Port of registry: Rome
• Gross tonnage: 2506 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Gela to Ravenna
• Coordinates: 41.27, 16.55 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Chemicals - 3.550 tonns - Dichlorethane acrylonitrile
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

Ownership details

• Group owner: TRASMARE
• Registered owner: TRASMARE
• Company: Trasporti Marittimi e Terrestri SpA (TRASMARE)
• Company address: Via Pompeo Magno 3, 00192 Rome RM, Italy / 0039 321 6874

Description

Italian chemical tanker ship, launched in 1983, and owned by Trasmare group. It sank on February 1, 1991 off Molfetta in Puglia, Italy with a cargo of 3.550 tons of toxic waste (dichloroethane and acrylonitrile) produced by Enichem, the state-owned chemical company. Only part of the cargo was recovered after the accident. It was sailing from Gela in Sicily to Ravenna, in the Northern Adriatic coast of Italy. The sinking caused severe chemical pollution. Journalists and experts have argued that sinking was fraudulent. It has been demonstrated that Enichem has dumped tons of toxic waste produced by his coastal chemical plant of Manfredonia in Puglia directly into the sea of Gargano in south-eastern Italy, not far from where Alessandro Primo sank.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7906227
• Year of construction: 1980
• Port of registry: Constanta
• Gross tonnage: 3374 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Constantza to France
• Coordinates: 37.2, 17.3 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Chemicals - Ammonium nitrate
• Lives lost: 1
• Missing people: 9
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Group owner: NAVROM
• Registered owner: NAVROM
• Company: Compania de Navigatie Maritima NAVROM SA
• Company address: Incinta Port, 900900 Constanta Romania / 0040 241 619100

Description

Rumenian cargo ship manufactured in 1980. It sank on December 7th 1991, in the Ionic sea, in 3500 metres deep waters. It was on a journey from Costanza in Romania to France. The cargo was ammonium nitrate, a toxic chemical substance. In the accident 3000 tons of oil were spilled in the sea.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5393608
• Year of construction: 1962
• Gross tonnage: 918 tons
• Previous names: Wrozka (1962-1987) | Yvonne A (1987-1988) | Xenia (1988-1989) | Flying Feeder (1989-1992) | Adriatico I (1992-1999) | Zeta I (1999-2001) | Fatmir Troplini (2001-2004) | Skutary II (
• Previous flags: St Vincent & The Grenadines (1989-1994) | Honduras (1994-1999) | Yugoslavia (1999-2001) | Belize (2001-2003)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 39.96, 15.61 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Registered owner: Anastasia Shipping & Trading
• Company: Anastasia Shipping & Trading SA
• Company address: Comosa Building, Avenida Samuel Lewis Zona 5, Panama City, Panama (Last Known Address)

Description

Small albanian cargo ship of 918 tons, gross tonnage launched in 1962. Mafia turn-coat Francesco Fonti has declared he organised the sinking of the ship to dispose of a cargo of 150 drums of radioactive muds, in 1992 off Maratea, in Calabria, Italy, Nevertheless, according to the Lloyd's Register of Shipping the Yvonne A would have been broken up many years later - in December 2004 - in the port of Aliaga in Turkey, an infamous international ship scrapyard. The owner at the time of the supposed incident is unknown.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5212608
• Year of construction: 1956
• Port of registry: Kingstown
• Gross tonnage: 4037 tons
• Previous names: Lottinge (1956-1974) | Samantha M (1974-1975) | Cunski (1975-1991) | Shahinaz (1991-1992)
• Previous flags: Yugoslavia (1956-1991)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 39.49, 15.86 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Registered owner: Alzira Shipping Corporation
• Company: Alzira Shipping Corp
• Company address: c/o Address: Flat 60, 141, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7PA, United Kingdom / 0044 020 7581 2189

Description

Cargo ship flagged by St. Vincent & the Grenadines with 4037 tons, gross tonnage. In Lloyd's records, it would have been dismantled on January 28th 1992 in the infamous ship cemetery of Port Alang in India. On the contrary 'ndrangheta turncoat Francesco Fonti declares he sank this ship in 1992, 11 miles off Cetraro on the western coast of Calabria using dynamite sticks placed in the stem. A rov (Remotely operated underwater vehicle) sent by the environmental authorities of Calabria region to the location indicated by Fonti identified a wreck with a gash in the stem from which suspicious barrels could be glimpsed. Mare Oceano the ship sent by the Ministry of the environment to investigate the case, established that the wreck was not the Cunski, but the Catania a ship sunk during the First World War by a German submarine. No abnormal radioactivity was detected in the waters around the wreck. Some people, including Francesco Sesso, a famous undersea photographer, have questions the credibility of such examinations and suspicions continue to hover over the case. The Mare Oceano which conducted the official examinations is controlled by Diego Attanasio an important shipping entrepeneur in Naples who has been allegedly involved in dealings with David Mills, the UK lawyer who received a bribe of $600,000 from Silvio Berlusconi.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6524864
• Year of construction: 1965
• Port of registry: Kingstown
• Gross tonnage: 844 tons
• Previous names: Frigg (1965-1970) | Karen Wonsild (1970-1974) | Nestindur (1974-1986) | Alaa M (1986-1990)
• Previous flags: Panama (1965-1990)
• Previous accidents: Fire/Explosion on 1986-12-10 | Wrecked/Stranded on 1991-06-06

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• Last travel: from Turkey to Port La Nouvelle
• Coordinates: 39.087, 17.321 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Cement - 2000 tonns - Kaolin
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Successors Shipping
• Registered owner: Kasem Shipping
• Company: Kasem Shipping ltd
• Company address: c/o Successors Shipping SA, 4th Floor, 114-116, Karaiskou Street, 185 35 Piraeus / 0030 210 429 7521

Description

Modest cargo ship (844 tons, gross tonnage) built in 1956 and flagged by Saint Vincent & Grenadines. It sank off Crotone in Calabria, Italy, on January 6th 1993. The cargo officially consisted of kaolin, a material used for producing porcelain. The crew of 7 was rescued by an helicopter. At the time of the incident the ship was owned by Successors Shipping, a company based in Piraeus, Greece.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6604004
• Year of construction: 1966
• Port of registry: Kingstown
• Gross tonnage: 1588 tons
• Previous names: Sopot (1966-1988)
• Previous accidents: Fire/Explosion on 1991-02-08

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• Last travel: from Constantza to Chioggia
• Coordinates: 39.1, 20.1 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Fog/Mist
• Cargo: Metal - Steel Pipes
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Enalios Maritime
• Registered owner: Old Shipping
• Company: Old Shipping Co Ltd
• Company address: c/o Enalios Maritime Co, 74-76, Kolokotroni Street, 185 35 Piraeus, Greece / 0030 210 412 1089

Description

Cargo ship flying the "flag of convenience" of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. It wrecked off the Greek island of Paxoi on March 2nd 1992. Officially, it was transporting a cargo of iron pipes, a recurrent presence in different cases of suspicious sinking. At the time of the incident the ship was sailing from Costanza's port, in Romania, and was directed to Chioggia, Northern Italy. The event did not result in any casualty among the crew. It was owned by Enalios, a shipping company based in Piraeus, Greece.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7116884
• Year of construction: 1972
• Port of registry: Valletta
• Gross tonnage: 992 tons
• Previous names: Roswitha (1972-1978) | Ile de France (1978-1982) | Ile de Batz (1982-1989) | Prime venture (1989-1991)
• Previous flags: Panama (1989-1991)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Machinery damage on 1981-02-01 | Hull/Machinery damage on 1984-12-06 | Collision on 1990-12-03

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• Last travel: from Barcelona to Alexandria
• Coordinates: 37.45, 10.5 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Containers (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Group owner: Dealmar Shipping
• Registered owner: White Castle Maritime
• Company: White Castle Maritime Ltd.
• Company address: c/o Navicont Shipping Co Ltd, 93, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece / 0030 210 2452 6719

Description

Maltese cargo ship of 992 tons, gross tonnage, sunk in the canal of Sicily on March 14th 1993. The crew was rescued. The wreck was washed ashore on the coast of Tunisia. The ship was on a journey from Barcelona to Alexandria in Egypt, and was transporting containers. Three of the containers pertaining to the ship were washed ashore months later on the coast of Ischia and of Salerno in Campania, Italy. An high leve of radioactivity from thorium 234 was detected on the containers' walls. It was owned by Dealmar Shipping, a shipping companybased in Piraeus, Greece.

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• Last travel: from Palermo to Durrës
• Coordinates: 38.69, 16.81 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal - 1.200 tonns - Scrap Copper
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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Description

This ship allegedly dumped its radioactive cargo in the so-called ditch of Badolato, an area of very deep waters, off the town of Soverato in Calabria. According to the dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (Suspicious sinkings) of Legambiente, high levels radioactivity were detected during inspections carried in the port of Palermo, and the authorities did not allow to unload the cargo, officially 1.200 tons of scrap of copper. The ship then left to Durres, Albania, and was inspected once again by the Italian coast guard off the town of Reggio Calabria, "without presenting traces of radioaticity to the new controls of the maritime authorities". An inconclusive inquiry was opened to establish whether the ship had dumped radioactive waste in the sea.

• Ship type: Ro-Ro
• IMO/ID code: 6616136
• Year of construction: 1967
• Port of registry: Valletta
• Gross tonnage: 7154 tons
• Previous names: Ciudad de Compostela (1967-1992) | European Star (1992-1994)
• Previous flags: Spain (1967-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Piraeus to Venice
• Coordinates: 38.48, 19.5 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Passengers (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: European Seaway inc
• Registered owner: Libton Shipping
• Company: Libton Shipping Incc.
• Company address: c/o Europan Seaways Inc, 111, Machis Analatou Street, 11 45 Athens, Greece / 0030 210 932 3694

Description

Maltese ro-ro ship, built in 1967 with a tonnage of 7154. It sank on June 13th 1994 28 miles off the island of Cefalonia in Greece, after a fire. The fire was tamed and the ship was on the tow, when it foundered in 3500 metres deep waters. It was on a journey from Piraeus to Venice, and it was carrying passengers. It was owned by European Seaways.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7520724
• Year of construction: 1977
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 499 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Koper to Sousse
• Coordinates: 40.96, 17.34 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal - Iron
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Islamoglu A
• Registered owner: Islamoglu A
• Company: Asim Islamoglu Halefi Kadriye Islamoglu Gemi Isletmesi
• Company address: Kat 2, Karakas Is Hani, Ciragan Caddesi 38, Yildiz Mah, Besiktas, 34349 Istanbul, Turkey (Last Known / 0090 212 158 9145

Description

Turkish cargo ship built in 1977 and sunk on July 24th 1994 off the town of Monopoli in Puglia, Italy. It was travelling from Koper in Slovenia to Sousse in Tunisia. Officially it was carrying only iron. No victim was reported among the crew after the incident. The vessel was owned by the Turkish company Islamoglu A based in Istanbul.

• Ship type: Fishing Vessel
• IMO/ID code: 6929349
• Year of construction: 1943
• Port of registry: Split
• Gross tonnage: 139 tons
• Previous names: DPC 76 (1943-1949) | Baus (1949-1969) | Deneb (1969-1992)
• Previous flags: Yugoslavia (1943-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 42.5, 15.43 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Rot
• Company: Poduzece 'Rot'
• Company address: Kocunar, 7A, HR-21000 Split, Croatia

Description

Croatian fishing vessel built in 1943, with 139 tons of gross tonnage. It sank on March 25 1995 in the Adriatic sea. No victims were reported among the crew.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6406103
• Year of construction: 1950
• Port of registry: Zadar
• Gross tonnage: 130 tons
• Previous names: PT-87 (1950-1957) | Mamula (1957-1992)
• Previous flags: Yugoslavia (1950-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Umag to Drvenik
• Coordinates: 43.37, 15.44 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Sand (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Juresko A
• Company: Ante Juresko
• Company address: ul Bude Borjana 14, HR-23000 Zadar, Croatia

Description

Old cargo ship of small dimensions (manufactured in 1950, 130 of tonnage) flagged by Croatia. It sank close to the island of Zirje, Croatia on April 29 1996. The declared cargo consisted of sand. The 4 members of the crew were all rescued. It was owned by Juresko, a shipping company based in Zadar, Croatia. At the moment of the sinking it was sailing from Umag to Drvenik in Croatia.

• Ship type: Products Tanker
• IMO/ID code: 6916263
• Year of construction: 1969
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 1267 tons
• Previous names: Esso Goa (1969-1982)
• Previous flags: No
• Previous accidents: No

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• Coordinates: 42.12, 16.19 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Good Weather
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: 2
• Missing people: no

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Description

Turkish tanker ship launched in 1969 of 12.670 tons of gross tonnage. According to the dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (Suspicious sinkings) of Italian environmental NGO Legambiente, on the 1st of May 1995, the Esram was spotted while unloading "its own special cargo" 13 miles north of Vieste, Puglia, Italy by the fishing boat Messalina of Manfredonia. As a consequence the Esram "hits and sinks deliberately the fishing boat", causing the death of two of the fishers, Michele Attanasio and Antonio Andretti. After the incident the Esram fled to Rijeka in Yugoslavia to avoid prosecution for the deliberate attack.

• Ship type: Aggregates Carrier
• IMO/ID code: 6814518
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Chioggia
• Gross tonnage: 793 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: Italy
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Pula to Chioggia
• Coordinates: 45.19, 13.01 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Stone - Blocks
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Boscolo/Tiozzo
• Company: Costruzioni generali Boscolo & Tiozzo SpA
• Company address: S.S. romea 68, 30015 Chioggia VE, Italy / 0039 041 499 823

Description

Italian cargo ship built 1968, with 793 tons of gross tonnage. It was used to transport inert materials and was owned by Boscolo and Tiozzo a company based in Chioggia, Italy. At the time of the incident it was sailing from Pula in Croatia to Chioggia, near Venice, with a cargo of stone blocks, which reportedly shifted causing the ship to sink on June 24th 1995.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7726964
• Year of construction: 1979
• Gross tonnage: 4351 tons
• Previous names: Conti (1979-1982) | Britania (1982-1983 | Conti Britania (1983-1985) | Conti Finlandia (1985-1990) | Alexea (1990-1994) | Bavaria (1994-1994) | Salif Bay (1994-1995)
• Previous flags: Cyprus (1979-1990) | Bahamas (1990-1994)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic damage on 1988-10-22

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• Last travel: from Fos to Bandirma
• Coordinates: 39.12, 13.58 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Containers - 139 (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Radioactive

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• Group owner: BBC Burger Berrederungs
• Registered owner: Bararia
• Company: ms 'Bararia' Verwaltungs GmbH
• Company address: c/o BBC - Burger Bereederungs Contor GmBH & Co KG, Erwin-Behn-Strasse 53, 25712 Burg/Ditschmarsc / 0049 4825 930430

Description

Cargo ship flagged by Antigua and Barbuda, of 4351 tons, gross tonnage. It sank off the island of Alicudi in the Aeolian islands, in Italy, on November 7th 1995. At the time of the incident it was travelling from Fos, the port of Marseilles in France, to Bandirma, a Turkish sea-town on the Marmara sea and was carrying 139 containers, officially empty. According to the 2009 dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (Suspicious sinkings) released by Legambiente, some of the containers transported by the ship were later rescued and displayed strong traces of the radioactive isotope thorium 234. It was owned by the important German maritime company Burger Bereederungs Contor.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 8301058
• Year of construction: 1984
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 1171 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Villanueva Y Geltru to Oran
• Coordinates: 40.9, 1.84 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: General (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Boras Group
• Registered owner: Bilsel Deniz
• Company: Bilsel Deniz Ticaret Ltd Sti
• Company address: Kat 4, Gavusoglu Han, Gece Kusu Sokak 8-4, K.karamustafapasa M, Beyoglu, 34425, Istanbul, Turkey / 0090212 293 8346

Description

Turkish cargo ship with 1171 tons of gross tonnage. It sank on December 2nd 1995, while it was on a journey from the port of Villaueva Y Geltru in Spain to Oran in Algeria. It declared a cargo of "general goods".

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7393248
• Year of construction: 1977
• Port of registry: Limassol
• Gross tonnage: 3040 tons
• Previous names: Cidade de Tutoia (1977-1991) | Green Lion (1991-1993) | Georgios (1993-1994) | Iris (1994-1995)
• Previous flags: Brazil (1977-1991) | Panama (1991-1993)
• Previous accidents: Contact on 1992-04-15

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• Last travel: from Annaba to Piraeus
• Coordinates: 37.22, 11 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Fertiliser - 5000 tonns (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Profilestar Shipping
• Company: Profilestar Shipping Ltd
• Company address: Limassol, Cyprus

Description

Cypriot cargo ship built in 1977 and sunk on January 10th 1996, off the southern coast of Sicily with a declared cargo of 5000 tons of fertilizers in the hold. The 13 members of the crew were all rescued. It had left from the Algerian port of Annaba and was headed to Piraeus, Greece.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6922729
• Year of construction: 1969
• Port of registry: Lattakia
• Gross tonnage: 1928 tons
• Previous names: Gem (1969-1990) | Damask Rose (1990-1995)
• Previous flags: Isle of Man (1969-1990) | Bahamas (1990-1992)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1979-01-00

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• Last travel: from Durres to Sete
• Coordinates: 40.45, 10.37 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Minerals - Chrome Ore
• Lives lost: 2
• Missing people: 1

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• Registered owner: Dahha MA
• Company: Mahamad Anis Dahha

Description

Syrian cargo ship launched in 1969 with a 1928 tons tonnage. According to the Casualty Returns of the Lloyd's of London, it sunk after capsized in the sea off Olbia in Sardinia on January 30th 1996. The incident was officially caused by a shift of the cargo. Two members of the crew lost their lives in the incident. The declared cargo was chrome ore. The ship, originating from Durres in Albania, was headed to Sete in Languedoc, France.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7007760
• Year of construction: 1970
• Port of registry: San Lorenzo
• Gross tonnage: 759 tons
• Previous names: Pilar del Mar (1970-1993) | Huda (1993-1993)
• Previous flags: Spain (1970-1992)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1988-01-15

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• Last travel: from Limassol to Mersin
• Coordinates: 35.19, 34.14 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Containers - 500 Tonns - Containers and Steel
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Marcomar Shipping Lanes
• Registered owner: Dundee Shipping
• Company: Dundee Shipping Co Ltd
• Company address: c/o Marcomar Shipping Lines Cyprus Ltd, 6th Floor, Kalia Court, PO Box 5121, 66 Agias Fylaxeos S / 00357 2537 0400

Description

Cargo ship launched in 1970, with a gross tonnage of 759, flagged by Honduras, and owned by the Cypriot company Marcomar Shipping Lanes. It sank on January 31st 1996 off Famagusta, a town on the oriental coast of Cyprus. Official cause of the acciden, the flooding of the machine room. According to the registers the cargo of the ship was made of 500 tons of container and steel.

• Ship type: Chemical Tanker
• IMO/ID code: 7382354
• Year of construction: 1975
• Port of registry: Panama
• Gross tonnage: 4998 tons
• Previous names: Thorhamer (1975-1983) | Chemtank Hamburg (1983-1984) | Chemical Contender (1984-1988)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Collision on 1975-04-16 | Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1979-11-24 | Fire/Explosion on 1980-09-13 | Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1980-12-18 | Hull / Mechanic Damage on 1983-04-06 | Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1985-04-29 | Contact on 1986-06-30 | Collision on 1987-05-14

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• Last travel: from Genoa to Yarimca
• Coordinates: 36.24, 21.21 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Chemicals - Phosphoric acid
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 18

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• Group owner: Traschimar
• Registered owner: Emoos Investmets
• Company: Emoos Investments
• Company address: c/o Traschimar SAM, "Le Continental", Place des Moulins, Monte Carlo, Monaco. / 00377 93 50 78 50

Description

Chemical tanker ship, built in 1975 and flying the Panamian flag. It sank on February 9th 1996, 35 miles off the southwest coast of the Peloponneso, Greece, after having developed list in a storm. Departed from Genoa and bound to the container terminal of Yarimca in Turkey, it was carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid, a substance used for the production of fertilizers. It was owned by Traschimar SAM, a company based in Monte Carlo. Before sinking it had already totalled 9 accidents.

• Ship type: Cement Carrrier
• IMO/ID code: 7218151
• Year of construction: 1972
• Port of registry: Piraeus
• Gross tonnage: 4045 tons
• Previous names: Entrego (1972-1981)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic damage on 1983-10-21 | Collision on 1989-03-04

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• Last travel: from Volos to Drapetzona
• Coordinates: 38.62, 24.2 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Cement (Empty)
• Lives lost: 17
• Missing people: 3

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• Group owner: Heracles General Cement
• Registered owner: Dystos Shipping
• Company: Dystos Shipping Co
• Company address: c/o Heracles Shipping Co SA, 49-51, Sofokli Venizelou Street, Lykovrysi, PO Box 500, 141 23 Gree / 0030 210 289 8253

Description

Greek cargo ship of 4045 tons, gross tonnage, normally used to transport cement. It was built in 1972 and sank on December 28th 1996 after developing list and capsizing off Kimi in Greece. 17 persons died in the incident and 3 members of the crew were missing. At the time of the incident it was on a journey from Volos to Drapetzona, both in Greece.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7364510
• Year of construction: 1974
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 989 tons
• Previous names: Ercument (1974-1987)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Foundered on 1982-08-02

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• Last travel: from Canakkale to Porto Vesme
• Coordinates: 38.49, 11 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Metal - Zinc/Lead concentrate
• Lives lost: 4
• Missing people: 1

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• Registered owner: Melis Denizcilik
• Company: Melis Denizcilik Sanayi Ticaret Ltd Sti
• Company address: Kat 3, Omer Abed Han, Kemankes Caddesi 312, K. karamustafapasa M, Beyoglu, 34425 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 216 391 6380

Description

Turkish cargo ship boat built in 1974, with a 989 tons gross tonnage. It sank on January 8th 1997 in the sea between Sicily and Sardinia with heavy weather. It was headed to Porto Vesme in Sardinia. 4 members of the crew died in the incident. The cargo was Zinc and Lead concentrates.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5377197
• Year of construction: 1954
• Gross tonnage: 643 tons
• Previous names: Vaterland (1954-1966) | Jan Funck (1966-1975) | Apollonia II (1975-1982) | Anna P (1982-1994) | Anastasia V (1994-1997)
• Previous flags: Honduras
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic damage on 1997-08-15

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• Last travel: from Palma De Mallorca to Poti
• Coordinates: 39.1, 3.11 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Chemicals - Alcohol
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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Description

Old cargo ship (built in 1954) flagged by Honduras and owned by the Papoutsoglu company. It sank on August 28th 1997 with a cargo of drums of alcohol off the island Palma di Maiorca in Spain. The crew was rescued.

• Ship type: Ro-Ro
• IMO/ID code: 5153400
• Year of construction: 1961
• Port of registry: Belize
• Gross tonnage: 4437 tons
• Previous names: Holger Danske (1961-1989) | Frienship (1989-1996) | Monte Carlo (1996-1998) | Dolce Vita (1998-2000) | Caribbean Serenade (2000-2001)
• Previous flags: Norway (NIS) (1961-1995) | Unknown (1995-1995) | Panama (1995-2001)
• Previous accidents: Fire/Explosion on 1988-09-09 | Fire/Explosion on 1997-08-30

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• Coordinates: 35.52, 18.56 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Global navigation
• Company: Global Navigation Inc
• Company address: Majuro MH Marshall Islands

Description

Cargo ship of 4.437 tons, gross tonnage, launched in 1961 and flying the Panamian flag. According to the registers of the Lloyd's of London it would have been broken up in Port Alang, India, on January 3 2002. On the contrary for the Legambiente dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (suspicious sinkings), it sank on August 30 1997. N.B: the location of the sinking illustrated on the map is purely indicative because there is no official record on this incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 8929381
• Year of construction: 1966
• Gross tonnage: 361 tons
• Previous names: Jastog (1965-1997)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Kotor to Gallipoli
• Coordinates: 40.09, 17.1 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Diamonds Shipping Services
• Registered owner: Diamodship Shipping Services
• Company: Diamonship Shipping Services SA
• Company address: Belize City, Belize

Description

Small general cargo ship built in 1966 flying the flag of Belize. It sank on September 25th 1997, 500 metres off the port of Gallipoli in Puglia, Italy, where it was headed, after having developed strong list. It had left from the port of Kotor in Montenegro. The content of the cargo is unknown to date. It was owned by Diamond Shipping Services.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7000619
• Year of construction: 1969
• Port of registry: Kingstown
• Gross tonnage: 6390 tons
• Previous names: Irenes trust (1975-1980) | Summer Day (1980-1984) |
• Previous flags: Cyprus (1990-1992) | Malta (1992-1994)
• Previous accidents: Wrecked/Stranded on 1978-04-21

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• Last travel: from Constantza to Haifa
• Coordinates: 38.09, 25.55 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy weather
• Cargo: General - Rape seed wheat
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 1

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• Registered owner: Altonia Compania Navera
• Company: Altonia Compania Naviera SA

Description

Medium-sized cargo ship (6390 tonns of tonnage) flagged by Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. It sank on October 20th 1997 south-west of the island of Chios in Greece. The official cause of the incident was a flooding of the machine room. Of the 23 members of the crew, all were rescued apart from 1 member missing. Coming from Costanza in Romania, it was headed to the port of Haifa in Israel. The declared cargo was rape seed wheat.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5042807
• Year of construction: 1959
• Gross tonnage: 1186 tons
• Previous names: Berolina (1959-1964) | Grethe (1964-1969)
• Previous flags: Greece (1989-1994) | Honduras (1994-1996)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Greece to Lebanon
• Coordinates: 34.9, 35.74 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Soil - 1300 tonns (Empty)
• Lives lost: 5
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Dahha MA
• Company: Mohamad Anis Dahha

Description

Old Syrian cargo ship (built in 1959) owned by Dahha MA. It sank on October 21st 1997 20 miles off the port of Tartous in Lebanon. According to the official records of the incident held by the Lloyd's Register of Shipping in London the cargo consisted of 1.300 tons of "soil", not making it clear whether it was in fact contaminated soil. At the time of the incident the vessel was sailing from Greece to Lebanon.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6822395
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Lattakia
• Gross tonnage: 1498 tons
• Previous names: Germa Lord (1968-1973) | Caroline (1973-1975) | Normannbay (1975-1979) | Perna (1979-1990)
• Previous flags: Yugoslavia (1968-1991) | Malta (1991-1993)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Tripoli (Lybia) to Unknown
• Coordinates: 38.39, 25.56 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: General United Trading
• Registered owner: Ismail MAR
• Company: Mourad Abdulrazak R Ismail
• Company address: Tariq bin Ziyad Street, PO Box 631, Tartous, Syria. / 00963 43 316707

Description

Syrian cargo ship built in 1968, of 1.498 tons, gross tonnage. It sank on November 21th 1997 off the island of Chios in Greece, with an unknown cargo. The 12 members of the crew were all rescued. At the time of the incident it was owned by General United Trading. It had left from the port of Tripoli in Lybia. There is no official information on the destination of the ship at the time of the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7326154
• Year of construction: 1974
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 1128 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 38.82, 26.956 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Metal - Steel sheets
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Demir Finansal Kiralama AS
• Registered owner: Altug Denizcilik
• Company: Demir Finansal Kiralama AS
• Company address: Kat 2, Blok B, Buyukdere Caddesi 122 B, Esentepe Mah, Sisli, 34394 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 212 275 9045

Description

Turkish cargo ship of 1128 tons, gross tonnage, launched in 1974. It sank on November 24 1997, in Aliaga bay, Turkey, with its cargo, officially steel. It was owned by Demir Finansal Kiralama AS.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 8101604
• Year of construction: 1983
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 996 tons
• Previous names: Koray Deniz (1983-1986) | Suleyman Kalkavan (1986-1991) | Pakcakil (1991-1996)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Thessaloniki to Venice
• Coordinates: 38.669, 24.295 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Minerals - 900 tonns (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 1

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• Registered owner: Basaran Uluslararasi
• Company: Basaran Uluslararasi Kara ve Denizcilik Nakliyat Ticaret Ltd
• Company address: Hamiyet Yuceses Sokak 24/13, Suadiye Mah, Kadikoy, 34740 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 216 363 4751

Description

Turkish cargo ship launched in 1983, and with 996 tons of gross tonnage. It sank on December 10th 1997 off Kimi in Greece. It declared a cargo of 900 tonns of minerals. It came from Salonicco and was bound to Venice.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7219064
• Year of construction: 1972
• Port of registry: San Lorenzo
• Gross tonnage: 1847 tons
• Previous names: Storedal (1972-1978) | Rallo (1978-1992) | Kavo Papas (1992-1995)
• Previous flags: Italy (1972-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Castellon to Vasto
• Coordinates: 38.5, 7.59 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Chemicals - 900 tonns - Ammonium Sulphate
• Lives lost: 2
• Missing people: 5
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Registered owner: Golden Dragon Shipping Co
• Company: Golden Dragon Shipping Co
• Company address: Piraeus Greece

Description

Cargo ship built in 1972 and flagged by Honduras. It sank on January 17th 1988, about 30 miles off the southwest coast of Sardinia in heavy weather. It was owned by the Golden Dragon Shipping Co, a company based in Piraeus, Greece. It would have carried ammonium sulphate, a substance used for the production of fertilizers. In the accident 2 members of the crew lost their lives, while 5 others went missing.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 8132615
• Year of construction: 1979
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 1241 tons
• Previous names: Selahattin Kalkavan (1979-1994)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Canakkale to Porto Vesme
• Coordinates: 39.023, 9.15 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Demir Finansal Kiralama AS
• Registered owner: Dogruyol Gemi Isletmeciligi
• Company: Demir Finansal Kiralama AS
• Company address: Kat 2, Blok B, Buyukedere Caddesi 122B, Esentepe Mah, Sisli, 34394 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 212 275 9045

Description

Small Turkish cargo ship of 1241 tons, gross tonnage, sunk on February 2nd 1998 30 miles off Cape Carbonara in south-eastern Sardinia. It was bound to Porto Vesme having left the port of Çanakkale in Turkey. Officially it transported metals. The 11 members of the crew were all rescued.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6619712
• Year of construction: 1966
• Gross tonnage: 5745 tons
• Previous accidents: No

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• Coordinates: 42.14, 16.68 (approximate coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Good Weather
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: 1
• Missing people: no

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Description

Bulgarian cargo ship launched in 1996, with a 5.747 tons gross tonnage. It is accused of having unloaded a number of containers in the sea off the coast of Gargano, in Puglia, Italy. According to the dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (suspiscious sinkings) published by Italian environmental NGO Legambiente in 2009, it was one of the containers dumped by this ship which caused the fishing boat Orca Marina to capsize on March 8th 1998, before sinking 8 miles off the coast of Gargano in Puglia, Southern italy. The young fisher Cosimo Traiano died as a consequence of the incident.

• Ship type: Tug
• IMO/ID code: 8417857
• Year of construction: 1985
• Port of registry: Naples
• Gross tonnage: 273 tons
• Previous names: no
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 37.84, 15.9 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Rimorchiatori Napoletani srl
• Registered owner: Rimorchiatori Napoletani srl
• Company: Rimorchiatori Napoletani Srl

Description

Italian tug, sunk while assisting the ship Mare Mediterraneo, off the port of Naples on September 15th 1995. It was later refloated and transformed into a floating restaurant.

• Ship type: Products tank barge
• IMO/ID code: 5039654
• Year of construction: 1961
• Gross tonnage: 740 tons
• Previous names: Belice (1961-1988) | Anneta (1998-?)
• Previous flags: Greece (1998 - ?)

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• Coordinates: 37.859, 23.58 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)

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• Group owner: D'Alesio
• Registered owner: D'Alesio
• Company: D'Alesio

Description

Barge of 740 tons, gross tonnage, built in 1961. It sank off the coast of Calabria on October 22nd 1998. According to official documents it was only carrying stones.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7349895
• Year of construction: 1973
• Port of registry: Saint John's
• Gross tonnage: 2130 tons
• Previous names: Scol Enterprise (1973-1977) | Killarney (1977-1979) | Anna Becker (1979-1984) | Rendsburg (1984-1990) | Gerina (1990-1997)
• Previous flags: Germany, Federal Republic Of (? - 1990) | Norway (NIS) (1990-1998)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Machinery damage on 1981-10-11 | Hull/Machinery on 1984-02-26

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• Coordinates: 35.52, 31.06 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Containers - quantity unspecified (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Bridgestone Shipping
• Registered owner: D&A Shipping
• Company: D&A Shipping
• Company address: c/o Bridgestone Shipping Ltd, PO Box 5512, 57, Omonoias Avenue, 3870 Limassol, Cyprus. / 00357 2556 0383

Description

Small cargo ship flagged by Antigua and Barbuda and sunk on May 11th 1999 off Keratsini, in the province of Piraeus, Greece. According to the of the documents possessed by the Lloyd's Register of Shipping of London, the ship developed a list of 40 degrees before going to peak. It officially carried containers. Its official destination is unknown.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5037515
• Year of construction: 1920
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 698 tons
• Previous names: Chaudronnier (1920-1937) | Oilshipper (1937-1942) | Gilda Ambatielou (?)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1986-03-03

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• Last travel: from Bartin to Iskenderun
• Coordinates: 37.5217, 24.4448 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal - Iron steel spare parts
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Erler Nakliyat
• Registered owner: Erler Nakliyat
• Company: Erler Nakliyat AS
• Company address: Saha Yolu 174, Veliefendi Mah, Zeytinburnu, 34025 Istanbul, Turkey. (last known address) / 0090 212 521 2452

Description

Turkish cargo ship built in 1920. It sank on June 9 1999. The declared cargo was scrap iron and steel. Having left from Bartin, a Turkish town on the Black Sea, it was headed to the Turkish port of Iskenderun on the Mediterranean Sea. All the crew was rescued after the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6724969
• Year of construction: 1968
• Port of registry: Piraeus
• Gross tonnage: 2057 tons
• Previous names: Valle de Orozco (1968-1981) | Soula H (1981-1994) |
• Previous flags: Cyprus (1968-1994)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Volos to Patras-Altsi
• Coordinates: 39.48, 25.51 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Ventouris A
• Registered owner: Petros Naftiki
• Company: Petros Naftiki Eteria
• Company address: c/o Evangelia Ventouris, 15, Aristidou Street, 185 31 Piraeus, Greece / 0030 210 417 9720

Description

Greek cargo ship of 2.057 tons, gross tonnage, built in 1968 . According to the records of the Lloyd's of London, it sank on July 14th 1999, off the island of Andros in Greece. It was travelling from Volos, the port of Patrasso, to Altsi, in Greece.

• Ship type: Container Ship (Fully Cellular)
• IMO/ID code: 7715381
• Year of construction: 1979
• Port of registry: Piraeus
• Gross tonnage: 3982 tons
• Previous names: City of Ipswich (1979-1981) | Manchester Fulmar (1981-1983) | City of Ipswich (1983-1984) | Liverpool Star (1984-1991) | City of Ipswich (1991-1992)
• Previous flags: Isle Of Man (1979-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Heraklion to Gemlik
• Coordinates: 34.42, 34 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Fog/Mist
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: 1
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Group owner: Sarlis & Co
• Registered owner: Erler Nakliyat
• Company: Pella Shipping Co SA
• Company address: c/o Sarlis Container Services SA, 85, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece / 0030 210 429 1631

Description

Greek cargo ship sunk on July 26th 1999 with an unknown cargo after having been involved in a collision with the ship Pelranger in conditions of scarce visibility. It came from Heraklion and was bound to Gemlik in Greece. One member of the crew died in the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6708159
• Year of construction: 1967
• Port of registry: San Lorenzo
• Gross tonnage: 398 tons
• Previous names: Alfred Trigon (1967-1979) | Carfra (1979-1990) | Flehope (1990-1993) | Nashua (1993-1995)
• Previous flags: Italy (?-1993)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic damage on 1979-02-23 | Wrecked/Stranded on 1987-09-14

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• Last travel: from Limassol to Lattakia
• Coordinates: 42.43, 30.07 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Sand (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 2

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• Group owner: Neveen Shipmanagment
• Registered owner: Samico Navigation
• Company: Samico Navigation Co Ltd
• Company address: c/o Neveen Shipmanagment Ltd, Flats 702 & 703, 7th Floor, Kamazi House, 67, Spyrou Araouzou Stre / 00357 2537 6930

Description

Cargo ship launched in 1967, of 398 tons, gross tonnage, and flagged by Honduras. It sank on July 28th 1999 while sailing from Limassol to Lattakia in Cyprus. The cargo declaration states it was transporting sand.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6701929
• Year of construction: 1966
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 499 tons
• Previous names: Milas (1966-1981) | Surmene (1981-1983)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Yalta to Bulgaria
• Coordinates: 42.96, 17.207 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal - Steel
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Mustafa Okanogullari Gemicilik
• Registered owner: Mustafa Okanogullari Gemicilik
• Company: NusMustafa Okanogullari Gemicilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS
• Company address: Rauf Orbay caddesi 23, Postahane Mah, Tuzla, 34940 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 216 582 0670 www.mustafaokan.com

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6405836
• Year of construction: 1951
• Port of registry: Zadar
• Gross tonnage: 328 tons
• Previous names: Izvor (1951-1997)
• Previous flags: Yugoslavia (?-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Koromcana B. to Solin
• Coordinates: 35.4825, 34.4032 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Cement - Bagged pallets
• Lives lost: 2
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Anti-Plov
• Company: Anti-Plov Shipping Co Ltd
• Company address: ul Hebrangova 5, HR-23000 Zadar, Croatia. / 00385 23 315939

Description

Croatian cargo ship sunk on October 21 1999, between the islets of Mala Sestrica and Vela Sestrica, south-West of the island of Zlarin in the Adriatic sea. In the accident 2 members of the crew died and 3 went missing. Officially it carried cement.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6718611
• Year of construction: 1967
• Gross tonnage: 211 tons
• Previous names: Inge (1967-1972) | Seagull (1972-1975) | Oliver B (1975-1977)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Mersin to Unknown
• Coordinates: 37.57, 23.42 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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Description

Turkish cargo ship sunk on October 29th 1999, off Famagusta, in the south-eastern coast of Cyprus. Information on ownership, cargo and destination is missing in the Lloyd's document on the sinking.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6703537
• Year of construction: 1964
• Port of registry: San Lorenzo
• Gross tonnage: 1991 tons
• Previous names: Baltiyskiy-2 (1964-1996) | Eagle (1996-1998) | Swan (1998-1999)
• Previous flags: USSR (1964-1992) | Russia (1992-1996) | Ukraine (1996-1998)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 10.29, 68.02 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Registered owner: Tansin Shipping
• Company: Tansin Shipping Co SA
• Company address: San Lorenzo, Valle, Honduras

Description

Cargo ship flying the flag of Honduras. It sank on November 10th 1999 while it was anchored at Piraeus. The cargo was unknown.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 8125246
• Year of construction: 1983
• Port of registry: Madeira
• Gross tonnage: 4313 tons
• Previous names: Zafiro (1983-1991) | Zafiro XI (1991-1991) | Zafiro (1991-1998)
• Previous flags: Spain (1983-1991) | Panama (1991-1991) | Malta (1991-1998)
• Previous accidents: Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1998-12-26

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• Last travel: from Corigliano to Marina di Carrara
• Coordinates: 38.4, 16.61 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Good Weather
• Cargo: Cement - Clinker
• Lives lost: 2
• Missing people: 11

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• Registered owner: Buckland Consulting
• Company: Bucklandd Consulting Inc
• Company address: Torre Swiss Bank, Calle 53 Urbanizacion Obarrio, Panama City, Panama (Last known address)

Description

Cargo ship of 4.313 tons, gross tonnage, flagged by Portugal. It sank off Punta Stilo near Catania, Sicily, on February 13 of 2000. The incident caused the death of 2 members of the crew and 10 people were missing. Officially it would have carried clinker, a component for the production of cement. At the time of the incident the ship came from the port of Corigliano in Calabria and was bound to Marina of Carrara in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7431674
• Year of construction: 1975
• Port of registry: Svendborg
• Gross tonnage: 1655 tons
• Previous names: Mosel (1975-1987) | Freja (1987-1996) | Loften (1996-1997)
• Previous flags: Germany, Federal Republic Of (1975-1992) | Antigua & Barbuda (1992-1997)
• Previous accidents: Wrecked/Stranded on 1978-02-07 | Wrecked/Stranded on 1978-07-06 | Miscellanous (1978-12-12) | Collision on 1987-11-04 | Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1989-10-12 | Wrecked/Stranded on 1990-12-25 | Hull/Mechanic Damage on 1997-01-19 | Foundered on 1997-07-27

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• Last travel: from Dunkirk to Porto Vesme
• Coordinates: 36.32, 2.11 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Metal - Zinc concentrate
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: 6
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Group owner: Clipper Group Managment Ltd
• Registered owner: Thor Emilie
• Company: P/R Thor Emilie
• Company address: c/o Clipper Project Ship Managment A/S, Harbour House, Sundkrogsgade 21, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denm / 0045 49 11 80 00 www.cecshipmanagment.com

Description

Cargo Ship launched in 1975, and flagged by Denmark. It sank on February 17th of 2000, after a fire off the coast of Algeria. It was carrying concentrated zinc and was on a journey from Dunkerque in France to Porto Vesme in Sardinia. 6 members of the crew were reported missing after the incident.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 6700913
• Year of construction: 1966
• Port of registry: Lattakia
• Gross tonnage: 672 tons
• Previous names: Hega Priva (1966-1971) | Hega Smits (1971-1982) | Hega (1982-1985) | Aspa (1985-1986) | Anastasia P (1986-1992) | Sabri (1992-1996)
• Previous flags: Greece (1966-1992)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Sevastopol to Algiers
• Coordinates: 36.31, 23 (official coordinates)
• Weather conditions: Heavy Weather
• Cargo: Chemicals - Soda Ash
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no
• Pollution: Chemical

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• Registered owner: Dima Maritime Co
• Company: Dima Maritime Co
• Company address: as-Sura Street, PO Box 732, Tartous, Syria. / 00963 43 310 429

Description

Syrian cargo ship sunk on February 21st 2000 while it was anchored in Vatika bay in Greece. it contained soda ash. The 8 members of the crew were all rescued.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7505102
• Year of construction: 1975
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 875 tons
• Previous names: Amac (1975-1986) | Amac I (1986-1994)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Varna to Dubrovnik
• Coordinates: 37.28, 16.05 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Timber - Timber
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Berk Denizcilik
• Registered owner: Berk Denizcilik
• Company: Berk Denizcilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd Sti
• Company address: Izzetin calislar Caddesi 4/7, Bahcelievler, 34180 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 212 643 6849

Description

Turkish cargo ship launched in 1975, and sunk on May 25th 2000 off of Capo Spartivento in Calabria after having launched the mayday. The survivors were taken on board the passenger ship Oriana. The cargo was officially timber. At the moment of the incident it was travelling from Varna in Bulgaria to Dubrovnik in Croatia.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 9106950
• Year of construction: 1996
• Port of registry: Istanbul
• Gross tonnage: 8921 tons
• Previous names: Hasat (1996-.1996) | UB Puma (1996-1998)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Marseilles to Piraeus
• Coordinates: 36.26, 18.4 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Gas (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Mariner Gemicilik
• Registered owner: Mariner Gemicilik
• Company: Mariner Gemicilik
• Company address: Kat 5, C Blok, Koza Is Merkezi, Morbasan Sokak Balmuncu Mah, Besiktas, 34349 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 212 272 8920

Description

Turkish cargo ship with a 8.921 tons gross tonnage. It was launched in 1996 and sank off Sicily on August 1st 2000. It was carrying gas from Marseilles to Piraeus in Greece. The crew was all rescued.

• Ship type: Bulk Carrier
• IMO/ID code: 7728962
• Year of construction: 1979
• Port of registry: Kingstown
• Gross tonnage: 16038 tons
• Previous names: Khudozhnik Gabashvili (1979-1996)
• Previous flags: USSR (1979-1994) | Georgia (1994-1996) | Malta (1996-1997) | Cyprus (1997-1997)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Last travel: from Yuzhne to Porto Vesme
• Coordinates: 39.11, 8.22 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Coal (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Liakos Maritime Co Ltd
• Registered owner: Eurobulker IV Shipping
• Company: Euro Bulker IV Shipping Ltd
• Company address: c/o Ilias Shipping Corp, 9, Agiou Spyridonos Street, 185 35 Piraeus, Greece / 0030 210 422 7192

Description

Cargo ship launched in 1979 and flagged by Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. It partially sank off Porto Vesme in southern Sardinia after having hit rocks, and having developed list in heavy weather. The crew was all rescued. Officially it carried coal. Further 60 tonnelate of fuel were spilled in the sea.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 5075799
• Year of construction: 1955
• Port of registry: Piraeus
• Gross tonnage: 1021 tons
• Previous names: Claymore (1955-1976)
• Previous flags: no
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 38.02, 23.93 (official coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Company: Cycladic Cruises SA
• Company address: 81, Paitision Street, 104 34 Athen, Greece / 0030 210 881 0626

Description

Old greek cargo ship of 1021 tons, gross tonnage. It was launched in 1955 and sunk on September 26 2000, in the Eleusi bay. Officially the ship was empty at the moment of the incident. The sinking caused the spilling of 1.000 cube metres of oil.

• Ship type: General Cargo Ship
• IMO/ID code: 7363645
• Year of construction: 1974
• Port of registry: Basseterre
• Gross tonnage: 1969 tons
• Previous names: Fulmar (1974-1975) | Manchester Fulmar (1975-1977) | Fulmar (1977-1983) | Donna Bruna (1983-1990) | Miseno (1990-1997) | Apolostolos T (1997-1997) | Mattheos (1997-2003) | Nikolay Yukov (2003-2004)
• Previous flags: Italy (1974-1997) | Honduras (1997-2003) | Korea, North (2003-2004) | Panama (2004-2009)
• Previous accidents: no

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• Coordinates: 35.98, 20.49 (approximate coordinates)
• Cargo: Unknown (Empty)
• Lives lost: no
• Missing people: no

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• Group owner: Lara Shipping Trading Co
• Registered owner: Is Finasal Kiralama AS
• Company: Is Finansal Kiralama AS
• Company address: Kat 10, Kule 2, Is Kuleleri, 4, Levent Mah, Besiktas, 34330 Istanbul, Turkey / 0090 212 350 7400

Description

Panamian cargo ship sunk on January 10th 2000 with an unknown cargo, according to the dossier "Affondamenti sospetti" (Suspicious sinkings), by Legambiente. According to the registers of the Lloyd's instead it would still be in service.. N.B.: the co-ordinates of the incident are purely indicative since there is no official record of the sinking.