Sygna shipwreck on Stockton Beach in November 1974
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History | |
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Norway | |
Name | Sygna |
Owner | J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi |
Port of registry | Bergen, Norway |
Builder | Austin & Pickersgill, Sunderland |
Yard number | 848 |
Launched | 25 July 1967 |
Completed | November 1967 |
Out of service | 26 May 1974 |
Identification | IMO number: 6800593 |
Fate | Ran aground on Stockton Beach, Australia during a storm on 26 May 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Bulk carrier |
Tonnage | 39,503 gross tons |
Length | 217.3 m (713 ft) |
Beam | 32.16 m (106 ft) |
Draught | 13.31 m (44 ft) |
Propulsion | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Crew | 30 |
MV Sygna was a Norwegian bulk carrier built by Austin & Pickersgill for J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi in 1967. It ran aground on Stockton Beach in Australia during a major storm in 1974. After its bow section was refloated, its stern remained beached and became an icon and landmark for the local area,[1][2][3] until the visible remains of the wreck collapsed into the sea in 2016.[4]
After stranding itself at Stockton Bight in 1974, wreckage of the 53,000 ton freighter, known as the Sygna, has become part of Newcastle's landscape.