What's the story of that sunken ship?
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| Posted by Dana M. on September 6, 2021 | |
In response to Patrick McColgan's question: That is the MS Mediterranean Sky!
Originally named "The City of York" was built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering of Barrow-in-Furness in the United Kingdom. Along with her three sister ships, the City of Port Elizabeth, City of Exeter and City of Durban, she operated on the route between London, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenço Marques and Beira, making passage between London and Cape Town in 15 days.
In 1971, she was sold, alongside with her three sister ships, to Karageorgis Lines. Along with City of Exeter, she was converted into a ferry and renamed Mediterranean Sky.
The Mediterranean Sky sailed for the last time in 1996. She started listing after being laid up in Eleusis Bay, Greece. The abandoned ship was then towed to shallow water where she was beached on 26 November 2002. She capsized and sank by January 2003 with the half-submerged wreck still visible in 2021. In 2017 graffiti crew OneUp painted “1UP” on the exposed side of the ship, covering about 1/2 of the total exposed area. It’s visible from google earth as of 2021.
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