Tokio Express

Tokio Express

Tokio Express off Calshot in 1988
History
Name	Tokio Express (1973–1984) Scandutch Edo (1984–1986) Tokio Express (1986–2000)
Operator	Hapag-Lloyd[1]
Port of registry	Hamburg[1]
Builder	Blohm + Voss, Hamburg[1]
Yard number	878[1]
Laid down	12 January 1971[1]
Launched	2 November 1972[1]
Completed	12 April 1973[1]
In service	1973-2000
Identification	IMO number: 7232822[1]
Fate	Scrapped 10 January 2000, Jiangyin, China
General characteristics
Class and type	Hamburg Express-Class (1973) Container ship
Tonnage	58,082 GRT[1] 49,532 DWT[1]
Length	287.6 metres (944 ft)[1]
Beam	32.3 metres (106 ft)[1]
Installed power	Stal-Laval AP-40 turbo electric steam turbine. Output: 81,131 horsepower (60,499 kW)[1]
Propulsion	1 × fixed-pitch propeller[1]
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)[1]

Tokio Express was a container ship, built and registered in Hamburg in 1973 for Hapag-Lloyd.^[1] In 1984 she was renamed Scandutch Edo before being acquired by Pol Gulf International in 1993 and restored to her original name.^[1] In 1997, she was acquired by Westwind International and in 1999, by Falani, before being broken up for scrap in 2000.^[1]

Tokio Express is best known for being hit by a rogue wave on 13 February 1997 that caused her to lose cargo, including one cargo container loaded with 4.8 million pieces of Lego. Ever since, Lego pieces including octopuses, dragons, flippers and flowers have been washing up on Cornwall beaches and are commonly found after storms.^[2][3][4]