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MV Cemfjord
MV Cemfjord in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
MV Cemfjord is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
The Cemfjord was a Cyprus-registered cargo ship which foundered in the Pentland Firth off the north-east coast of Scotland on 2 January 2015. Built as the general cargo ship Margareta in 1984, she was converted to carry cement in 1998. She was en route from Aalborg, Denmark to Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom in January 2015 when she capsized in bad weather and sank in 82 metres (270 ft) of water. All eight crew were presumed lost. No bodies were recovered, and the ship has been left as a sea grave.
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Background
History
The ship was built as yard number 126 by Detlef Hegemann Rolandwerft GmbH, Bremen, West Germany. Her keel was laid on 15 February 1984 and she was launched as the general cargo ship Margareta on 31 August. Completion was in November 1984. She was allocated the IMO number 8403569. Her call sign was DCOG. She had a cargo capacity of 72 twenty-foot equivalent unit. Margareta was built for Thekla Schepers KG and operated under the management of MS Margareta & Co, Haren, West Germany. In May 1995 she was sold to the Margareta – Shark Shipping Co NV, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles and placed under the management of Briese Schiffahrts GMBH & Co KG, Bremen, Germany. In June 1998, she was…
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- Coordinates
- 58.7175, -3.0994
- Established
- 1984
Sources
- wikidata: Q18710704 (CC0)
- wikipedia: MV Cemfjord (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Cemfjord?
- MV Cemfjord is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.7175°, -3.0994°.
- When was MV Cemfjord built?
- MV Cemfjord dates to 1984.