Modern Mysteries

Myanmar 'ghost ship' mystery finally solved

By T.K. Randall
September 2, 2018 ·  6 comments

The ship had been abandoned. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 Brocken Inaglory Known as the Sam Rataulangi PB 1600, the ship was discovered earlier this week by fisherman in the Gulf of Martaban around seven miles from the coast of the city of Yangon.

When it was first found, it was unclear exactly what had happened to its crew.

An investigation later revealed that a tugboat named Independence had been towing the Sam Rataulangi to a ship-breaking plant in Bangladesh when the two vessels ran in to bad weather.As the conditions worsened, the towing cable snapped, leading the tugboat crew to make the decision to abandon the Sam Rataulangi entirely somewhere south of the Yangon River.

It eventually ended up running aground after being carried off by the current.

A ‘ghost ship' with no one on board has run aground in Myanmar https://t.co/Fu1bwAnvQc

— The Independent (@Independent) September 1, 2018

Source: Sky News | Comments (6)

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