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MV Alta is an abandoned merchant vessel currently located in Ireland. [1] Constructed in 1976 with the name Tananger , Alta was abandoned at sea in October 2018 and washed ashore in Ireland in February 2020, where her wreckage remains.
English: Shipwreck of MV Alta. This ghost ship was adrift without a crew in the Atlantic Ocean for two years, until it foundered on the rocks of the southern coast of Ireland in February 2020. This ghost ship was adrift without a crew in the Atlantic Ocean for two years, until it foundered on the rocks of the southern coast of Ireland in ...
At the peak, a status orange wind warning was active between 10am and 10pm Sunday for nine counties: Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Cork. The yellow warnings were extended until 3am Monday. [17] [18] [19] As a result of the storm, an abandoned vessel named MV Alta was washed up high on rocks in Ballycotton ...
A 157 million euro (£136 million) haul of cocaine seized when an elite army unit stormed a cargo ship off the Irish coast is the largest drugs capture in the history of the state, police have said.
MV Alta; RMS Amazon (1906) SS Arandora Star; SS Athenia (1922) SS Athenia (1903) RMS Atrato (1888) HMS Audacious (1912) B. HMS Bergamot (1917) Britannia (1802 ship) C.
February 2020 – The MV Alta ran aground near Ballycotton, County Cork on the coast of Ireland during Storm Dennis. It had previously been encountered adrift and unmanned in the mid-Atlantic by HMS Protector, having been adrift since 2018 after it became disabled, and an operation by the US Coast Guard rescued its crew. [66]
An aerial photograph of Cork Harbour.The National Maritime College of Ireland campus can be seen below Haulbowline Island.. Whilst formal navigational training of Irish seafarers first began in Dublin in the late 18th century with the creation of the Irish Nautical College (first located in Dublin, later it moved to Dún Laoghaire), informal training in seamanship and navigation has been ...
From 1987 to 2006, the Swansea–Cork ferry was operated by Swansea Cork Ferries Limited, an Irish-based company.The service ceased operating after the 2006 season. After disposing of their most recent vessel (the MV Superferry) and failing to find a suitable replacement, Swansea Cork Ferries Limited announced that they would not be operating the service during the 2007 summer