History | |
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Cyprus | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Detlef Hegemann Rolandwerft, Bremen |
Yard number | 126 |
Laid down | 15 February 1984 |
Launched | 31 August 1984 |
Completed | November 1984 |
Out of service | 2 January 2015 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sank with all hands lost |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 83.13 metres (272 ft 9 in) overall |
Beam | 11.34 metres (37 ft 2 in) |
Height | 21.00 metres (68 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 4.40 metres (14 ft 5 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Screw propeller |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Capacity | 72 twenty-foot equivalent unit (1984–2008) |
Crew | 8 |
The Cemfjord was a Cyprus-registered cargo ship which foundered in the Pentland Firth off the north-east coast of Scotland on 2 January 2015. Built as the general cargo ship Margareta in 1984, she was converted to carry cement in 1998 and was en route from Aalborg, Denmark to Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom when she capsized in bad weather and sank in 82 metres (270 ft) of water. All eight crew were presumed lost. No bodies were recovered, and the ship has been left as a sea grave.