MS Oliva
{{Short description|Bulk carrier built in 2009}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = The wreck of the Oliva at Nightingale Island }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship name = Oliva | Ship owner = Dryships Inc | Ship operator = TMS Bulkers | Ship registry = Valletta, {{flag|Malta|civil}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Hudong Zhonghua, Shanghai | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 24 June 2009 | Ship completed = 2009 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification =*Call sign: 9HA2075
| Ship fate = Wrecked 16 March 2011 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship class = Dry bulk carrier | Ship tonnage = {{GT|40,170}}; {{DWT|75,208}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|225|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|32.26|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship depth = {{convert|19.6|m|abbr=on}} | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = 1 screw, MAN B&W engine | Ship speed = 14 knots | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = 22 }} |
The MS Oliva was a bulk carrier launched in 2009. On 16 March 2011, due to the risky navigation of trying to achieve the minimal allowed clearance of Nightingale Island of 10 nmi, and due to human error in navigation reducing the actual clearance to zero, the ship went aground off Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic, at 4 am while on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to China with a cargo of soya beans.{{cite web|title=Form 20-F for the year to December 31, 2010|year=2011|publisher=Dryships Inc|url=http://dryships.irwebpage.com/files/dryships20F2010.pdf|page=10|accessdate=2011-11-28}}
The ship broke in two and was a total loss. All 22 crew were rescued. More than 800 tons of fuel oil leaked from the ship and coated some 20,000 northern rockhopper penguins. The remains of the ship have been left to be claimed by the ocean. There is an area of soya bean deposits and reduced sealife around the wreck due to the cargo of soya bean removing the oxygen from the water.{{cite web|title=Oil Spill in South Atlantic Threatens Endangered Penguins|date=22 March 2011|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/science/earth/23spill.html|accessdate=2011-11-28}}
Lifeboat
In February 2013, a lifeboat from the Oliva washed up on a beach in the Coorong National Park in south-east South Australia.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-06/shipwreck-lifeboat-washes-up-in-australia/4503618 Shipwreck lifeboat washes up in Australia], ABC News Online, 6 February 2013
The lifeboat was later put on display adjacent to the former Cape Jaffa lighthouse in Kingston SE, South Australia, where it forms part of the town's National Trust maritime display.{{Cite web|date=2013-07-09|title=Lifeboat's new home|url=https://www.coastalleader.com.au/story/1623507/lifeboats-new-home/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Coastal Leader|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=On Deck - Lifeboat to stay in Kingston SE|url=https://dpti.sa.gov.au/ondeck/news?a=125874|access-date=2020-08-16|website=dpti.sa.gov.au}}File:MS Olivia lifeboat plaque.jpg
References
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External links
- [http://www.tristandc.com/newsmsolivahome.php Tristan da Cunha website: MS Oliva Disaster]
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Category:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean