Giannis D Shipwreck.
The Giannis D was a cargo ship of 2,992 GRT originally built as the Shoyo Maru at Kuryshima Dock Company of Imabari, Japan and completed in September of 1969. The ship was 99.5 meters in length, 16 meters in beam, 6.53 meters in draught.
The Loss of the Giannis “D”:
The ship’s final voyage began at Rijeka, Yugoslavia, in April 1983 where she took on a cargo of lumber (some say soft wood, others say teak) and was bound for Jeddah, KSA, via the Suez Canal, to discharge part of the cargo, with the remainder destined for Hodeidah, Yemen. The passage south through the Adriatic, Mediterranean, and Suez Canal were uneventful. On 19 April 1983 the ship was in transit in the Straits of Gubal, which is a rather narrow shipping lane before reaching the open waters of the Red Sea. Once on course for open water, the Captain turned over the helm to one of his junior officers and retired to his cabin to rest. Soon afterwards he was rudely awakened by the sound of his ship running aground.
It appeared that the Giannis D had drifted west of her set course and ran aground at full speed on the northwest edge of the Sha’ab Abu Nuhas Reef.
Lloyd’s List Casualty Report dated April 22nd 1983...(full Report Wikipedia)
The ship was written off as a total constructive loss and remained stranded atop the reef for several weeks afterwards. During a storm the ship broke in half and sank to the base of the reef at position 27° 34′ 42″ N, 33° 55′ 24 in 10-28 meters of water.
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