Sten Stockmann
06-30-2006, 03:24 PM
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22. Oktober 1966: LPG tankern Mundo Gas Oslo på väg från Danmark till Nystad (Uusikaupunki) med ammoniak i lasten sjunker norr om Åland efter kollision i dimma. Någon som vet mera?
/Sten
October 1966 - Mundogas Oslo
A 3,500 m3 refrigerated, semi-pressurised LPG carrier. Loaded with Ammonia and on
voyage from Fredericia, Denmark to Nystad, Sweden, she was in collision in dense fog.
The colliding ship struck the LPG carrier at right angles and penetrated her hull in way
of No.2 (aftermost) cargo hold which flooded. The ship listed heavily and, four hours
after the collision, part submerged with her stern resting on the sea bottom. Salvage
attempts were frustrated by almost continuous bad weather and by the onset of ice
conditions. Finally, after three and a half months of battering, the forepart of the ship also
submerged. During the salvage attempts some cargo gas escaped through the cargo tank
relief valves and some liquid cargo was discharged by the Salvors. During the initial
submergence of the aft part and the final floundering of the whole ship, no cargo was
released. Since the sinking, there has been no indication of cargo release though this may
have taken place gradually through the years and dispersed innocuously in tides and
winds.
22. Oktober 1966: LPG tankern Mundo Gas Oslo på väg från Danmark till Nystad (Uusikaupunki) med ammoniak i lasten sjunker norr om Åland efter kollision i dimma. Någon som vet mera?
/Sten
October 1966 - Mundogas Oslo
A 3,500 m3 refrigerated, semi-pressurised LPG carrier. Loaded with Ammonia and on
voyage from Fredericia, Denmark to Nystad, Sweden, she was in collision in dense fog.
The colliding ship struck the LPG carrier at right angles and penetrated her hull in way
of No.2 (aftermost) cargo hold which flooded. The ship listed heavily and, four hours
after the collision, part submerged with her stern resting on the sea bottom. Salvage
attempts were frustrated by almost continuous bad weather and by the onset of ice
conditions. Finally, after three and a half months of battering, the forepart of the ship also
submerged. During the salvage attempts some cargo gas escaped through the cargo tank
relief valves and some liquid cargo was discharged by the Salvors. During the initial
submergence of the aft part and the final floundering of the whole ship, no cargo was
released. Since the sinking, there has been no indication of cargo release though this may
have taken place gradually through the years and dispersed innocuously in tides and
winds.