The brig "Astrid" at anchor in Mount's Bay off Penzance, Cornwall, UK. She sank on the coast of Ireland a few days after this photograph was made.
STV Astrid was a (137 ft 6 in) long tall ship that was built in 1918 in the Netherlands as a lugger and originally named , short for Wacht Uw Tijd Af meaning "Bide Your Time". She was later transferred to Swedish ownership, renamed Astrid and sailed on the Baltic Sea until 1975. She then sailed under a Lebanese flag and was allegedly used for drug smuggling. After being found burnt out on the coast of England in the early 1980s, she was overhauled and used as a sailing training vessel. She was based in Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom and was informally known as "Weymouth's vessel". Astrid ran aground off the coast of Ireland on 24 July 2013, and subsequently sank, (just 5 days after this picture was taken) with all on board rescued. She was salvaged on 9 September 2013, but as the cost of restoring her was too high she was scrapped and broken up in 2014. The cause of the accident was engine failure caused by water in the fuel, which was known about. The master failed to send a proper Mayday radio message, and made no attempt to drop the anchors. The ship was not properly certified for either EU or international voyages nor were the crew appropriately certified. Passage planning was inadequate. Astrid should not have been at sea.
Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Mounts Bay, Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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