The Ikan Tanda was completed in 1979 as the Amazon by Ishikawajima Kure of Japan. The 17,800 DWT vessel was later sold to PACC Ship Managers Pte. Ltd. of Singapore.[citation needed]
Wreckedit
On 5 September 2001, the ship suffered a fire in its engine room and suffered a loss of power about 40 km from Cape Town, South Africa. This normally would not have been a severe problem; however, the ship was in a major storm at the time and began drifting toward land. The ship drifted for 3 hours until it was in shallow enough water to drop anchor, but the 10-metre-high (33 ft) seas and 50-knot winds overpowered the anchors and drove the vessel aground near the Slangkop lighthouse.[1]
Salvaging effortsedit
The crew of the Ikan Tanda were rescued by Oryx helicopters of the South African Air Force (SAAF), and a salvage tug, the John Ross, was dispatched to aid in the recovery of the ship. Ultimately, the ship was re-floated, but was scuttled 200 miles west of Cape Town.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Ikan Tanda Washes Up on Cape Beach - Nov 2001". Marcon International, Inc. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^"The refloating & scuttling of Ikan Tanda". E-Gnu.com. 29 October 2001.
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ikan, tanda, japanese, built, cargo, carrier, which, aground, coast, cape, town, south, africa, 2001, historynameamazon, 1979, 1988, 1988, 2001, ownerpacc, ship, managers, ltdport, registrysingaporelaunched25, march, 1978out, service5, september, 2001identific. Ikan Tanda was a Japanese built cargo carrier which ran aground off the coast of Cape Town South Africa in 2001 HistoryNameAmazon 1979 1988 Ikan Tanda 1988 2001 OwnerPACC Ship Managers Pte LtdPort of registrySingaporeLaunched25 March 1978Out of service5 September 2001IdentificationIMO number 7640469FateStranded 5 September 2001 refloated and scuttled 27 October 2001General characteristicsTonnage17 800 DWTLength145 5 m 477 ft Beam13 1 m 43 ft Draft13 1 m 43 ft Contents 1 History 2 Wreck 2 1 Salvaging efforts 3 ReferencesHistory editThe Ikan Tanda was completed in 1979 as the Amazon by Ishikawajima Kure of Japan The 17 800 DWT vessel was later sold to PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd of Singapore citation needed Wreck editOn 5 September 2001 the ship suffered a fire in its engine room and suffered a loss of power about 40 km from Cape Town South Africa This normally would not have been a severe problem however the ship was in a major storm at the time and began drifting toward land The ship drifted for 3 hours until it was in shallow enough water to drop anchor but the 10 metre high 33 ft seas and 50 knot winds overpowered the anchors and drove the vessel aground near the Slangkop lighthouse 1 Salvaging efforts edit The crew of the Ikan Tanda were rescued by Oryx helicopters of the South African Air Force SAAF and a salvage tug the John Ross was dispatched to aid in the recovery of the ship Ultimately the ship was re floated but was scuttled 200 miles west of Cape Town 2 References edit Ikan Tanda Washes Up on Cape Beach Nov 2001 Marcon International Inc Retrieved 12 May 2013 The refloating amp scuttling of Ikan Tanda E Gnu com 29 October 2001 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ikan Tanda amp oldid 1099768571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
