Ship EventSaturday, September 22, 1973 @ 1200 |
FALLOWFIELD (1954-1971 General cargo coaster 198 feet long of Zillah Shipping / W A Savage, Liverpool / Coast Lines, Liverpool : 1973 sank off Wales) |
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Former "Fallowfield" sinks in storm off Welsh coast |
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"Arklow Bay" formerly "Fallowfield" sank 40 miles off St. Annes Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales FALLOWFIELD FALLOWFIELD. Built by Scheepswerven Gebroeder van Diepen N.V; Waterhuizen for Rederij Poseidon, Groningen as the MEDUSA in 1953. 1954 Sold to Zillah Shipping Co. Ltd; W.A.Savage Ltd; manager, Liverpool and renamed FALLOWFIELD. 1971 Sold to Arklow Shipping Ltd; Arklow (James Tyrell later Bay Shipping) and renamed ARKLOW BAY. 22nd Sept. 1973, while on passage from Antwerp to Arklow with potash she sank in a storm about 40 miles sw of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, All crew saved by French trawlers. Official no. 185509. 189'.8'' x 29'.6'' x 10'.5''. 265 nt 566 gt. 11 kn. |
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