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Astrid
Astrid in 2008
History
Launched1918[2]
In service1924[1]
IdentificationIMO number: 5027792[1]
FateGrounded and sank 24 July 2013[3]
General characteristics
Tonnage170 GT; 215 DWT[1]
Length42 m (138 ft)[1]
Beam7 metres (23 ft)[1]
Draught2.7 metres (8.9 ft)[1]

Astrid was a 42-metre (138 ft) tall ship. It was built in 1918 in The Netherlands as a lugger and named W.U.T.A..[4][3] It was later transferred to Swedish ownership, renamed to the Astrid and sailed on the Baltic Sea until 1975.[3] It then sailed under a Lebanese flag[4] and was allegedly used for drug smuggling.[3] After being found burnt out on the coast of England in the early 1980s, it was overhauled and used as a sailing training vessel.[5]

The Astrid ran aground off the coast of Ireland on 24 July 2013,[6] and subsequently sank, with all on board rescued.[7]

History

Astrid was built in 1918 in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, as a lugger, originally called W.U.T.A., short for Wacht Uw Tijd Af meaning "Bide Your Time".[2][8] It was subsequently renamed to Astrid[2] and transferred into Swedish ownership, where it was used on trade routes in the Baltic Sea until 1975.[3]

From 1975 it was sailing under a Lebanese flag[4], when it was allegedly used for drug smuggling[3] until it suffered a fire,[4] after which it was found abandoned and burnt to a shell off the coast of England in the early 1980s.[2][3]

It was transferred to British ownership in 1984 when it was overhauled and subsequently dedicated by HRH Princess Anne in 1989. It was then used for over 16 crossings of the Atlantic Ocean as a training ship.[4][9] Following from its sale in 1997,[9] it was converted into a luxury sailing vessel in 1999/2000, after which it could carry 45 passengers, or have 24 guest crew members.[4] Since circa 2006, the ship was owned by Ineke and Pieter de Kam.[3]

Structure

Astrid is a dual-masted, square-rigged, steel-hulled tall ship.[7] It is 42-metre (138 ft) in length, with a 7-metre (23 ft) beam, a 2.7-metre (8.9 ft) draught[1] and a mast height of 25 metres (82 ft).[10] In addition to its sails, it also has a small 280-kilowatt (380 hp) Scania Ds 1402 motor for propulsion.[3][10]

Astrid has two deckhouses: one at the stern with navigational equipment and maps, and another forward containing a bar. The lower deck has twelve 2-person cabins (of which three can be used as 3-person cabins) as well as showers, toilets and a galley.[10]

Sinking and salvage operation

While attempting to enter the harbour near Kinsale, County Cork, Astrid ran aground near the Sovereign Islands, in southern Ireland, at around midday on 24 July 2013. Astrid was en route to Cherbourg, France, from Southampton, UK;[6] it was one of 50 vessels participating in Ireland's 2013 Gathering Cruise between Oysterhaven and Kinsale.[3] It suffered engine failure, which prevented it from pulling itself off of the rocks.[5] On board were 23 teenagers and 7 adults.[3] The thirty crew members were rescued from the tall ship, with 18 being rescued by an RNLI lifeboat and the other 12 by another tall ship. Four RNLI lifeboats and two Irish Coast Guard helicopters were involved in the rescue.[6] The incident was filmed by the Irish Coast Guard.[11] The entire hull of the vessel was covered by water, with a 200-metre (660 ft) exclusion zone being enforced by the patrol ship LÉ Róisín.[7]

On 26th July, divers and a surveyor started assessing whether salvage and repair of the ship would be possible.[7] It was reported that Astrid had been looted overnight from 26th-27th July, with a heavy, brass compass, bell and wheel stolen from the ship.[12] It later emerged that some of items were missing from the ship within hours of the incident;[13] it was subsequently reported that the wheel was likely ripped off the ship by the sea within 48 hours of the accident, and a warning was issued by the Irish Coastguard and Naval Service to stay away from the wreck.[14]

Extensive damage was found by the diver's preliminary examination of the ship, including tearing and inch-sized gaps in the hull, as well as popped rivets and spread plates.[13] The salvage company Blue Ocean, of Castletownbere, have been appointed to recover the ship.[12] It is expected that the salvage operation will consist of removing around 3.5 tonnes of diesel fuel from the ship's fuel tanks, pumping water out of the ship and cutting away equipment including the rigging and masts, before a floating crane lifts the vessel from the rocks.[13] The ship would then be taken to a nearby port to be handed over to the insurers.[15] It is not thought that the ship will sail again, and that it will be written off as a total constructive loss.[13]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Astrid (ship, 1924).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "ASTRID - Vessel's Details and Current Position - 5027792 - 244361000". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "History". Tallship Astrid. Rederij Horizon Sailing. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Tall Ship Astrid Sinks After Hitting Rocks". Sky News. 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "The ship". Tallship Astrid. Rederij Horizon Sailing. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b "30 rescued from distressed tall ship in major operation off Cork coast". Irish Examiner. 24 July 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Tall ship Astrid crew rescued off Cork". BBC News. 24 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d Siggins, Lorna (26 July 2013). "Divers and surveyor to consider possible salvage of 'Astrid'". Irish Times.
  8. ^ "Nederlands zeilschip breekt voor Ierse kust". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Greyham Neilson's Vision". Adventure Under Sail Ltd. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "Astrid". At Sea Sail Training. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  11. ^ "County Cork tall ship rescue 'a miracle'". BBC News. 25 July 2013.
  12. ^ a b "Astrid Plundered". Evening Echo. 30 July 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d "Coast Guard presses Astrid's insurers for prompt removal of shipwreck". Irish Examiner. 30 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Warning to avoid stricken 'Astrid'". Herald.ie. 1 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Wreck removal plan for Astrid in final stages". Irish Examiner. 31 July 2013.
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