Stone memorial to sailors lost at sea on the MV Swanland in 2011. It is located in the graveyard of the St Hywyn’s Church, Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula,
Stone memorial to sailors lost at sea on the MV Swanland in 2011. It is located in the graveyard of the St Hywyn’s Church, Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, North Wales UK. MV Swanland was a bulk carrier. Swanland sank in a gale force 8 storm in the Irish Sea 10 miles off the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd at approximately 0200 on Sunday 27 November 2011. She was carrying limestone from Raynes Jetty near Colwyn Bay to Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The ship was built by Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf of Lemmer in the Netherlands in 1977. Originally named Carebeka IX, she was renamed several times. The vessel was last owned and operated as Swanland by Torbulk, a company based in Grimsby, and was registered in the Cook Islands as a flag of convenience. She was 266 feet long and 46 feet wide with a draft of 11 feet, and displaced 2,180 tons.
Size: 3955px × 5923px
Location: Aberdaron, Pwllheli, UK
Photo credit: © David Colbran / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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