Bos 400. by kgb224
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Another capture of the Shipwreck. I had the name wrong. The ship is the Boss 400. Here you can see that I took the capture from the Deck of the boat that we were on. More information of the shipwreck can be read here and I copied and pasted the information here as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOS_400
The BOS 400, a French Derrick/Lay Barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat Tigr on June 26, 1994.[1]
The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay.[2]
Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck.
The Tigr barge was built in 1987 in Polish shipyards and had remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold for $625,000.[
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Comments (11)
blinkings
I think it might be the 'BOS' 400 rather than 'BOSS'.
kgb224
No idea my friend. That is how I found the name on the site of the boat that we were on. http://www.drumbeatcharters.co.za/shipwreck.html
BIPOLARTWO
Yup' it is Bos 400. But we would not have known anything about it without the image being posted and it is a great deal larger than i initially thought. Still a great capture and information....
kgb224
Thank you for the correction my friends. I see now wikipedia has it as Bos 400. God Bless.
jayfar
A great 'through the window' shot Christo.
durleybeachbum
So very interesting!
watapki66
Great shot, interesting history!
Sea_Dog
Nice shot - very dramatic shot.
whaleman
I guess if it was under tow and out of service for so long, that crane would no longer work so my thoughts of using it to extract the ship were much like pushing on a rope! LOL
mariogiannecchini
Interesting shot and info , dear friend !
cfulton
I like the POV with the Sentinel peak in the background, Clive