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Wednesday, December 6, 1961 @ 1715 		ONDO (1956-1961 General cargo ship 425 feet of Elder Dempster Lines Ltd., Liverpool : 1961 sank) Own Page

Elder Dempster's ONDO aground on sandbank near Brunsbuttelkoog locks at Kiel Canal, Germany
Arrived fromSapele (Nigeria)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forRiga (Latvia, in the Baltic Sea) via the Keil Canal (Germany)Gross Tonnage5,435
Cargo carried on arrivalCocoa Beans

   On 6th December 1961 while on voyage Sapele, Nigeria to Riga with a cargo of cocoa beans, she was approaching the Brunsbuttelkoog locks at the entrance to the Kiel Canal.
   At 1715 as the Cuxhaven pilot boat was approaching the ship in force 10 winds, she capsized.
   In an effort to avoid the men in the water, the captain of the Ondo stopped the engines and the ship was blown onto the sandbank near Elbe No.2 lightship.
   The pilot and the boat's crew were lost. 
   Ondo was lightened but could not be refloated and despite several later salvage attempts was eventually abandoned.