MV Murree
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Motor Vessel Murree in Austin and Pickersgill shipyard - Sunderland (corrected version).jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption= The Murree in Austin & Pickersgill's shipyard on the day of its launch }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Pakistan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Pakistan|civil}} |Ship name=Murree |Ship namesake=Murree |Ship owner=Pakistan National Shipping Corporation |Ship operator=Pakistan National Shipping Corporation |Ship registry=Karachi, Pakistan |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Austin & Pickersgill |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= 1407 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= {{Start date|1981|12|05|df=y}} |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=22 April 1981 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=28 October 1989 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification={{IMO|8000161}} |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship fate=Wrecked |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=SD18 |Ship type=Dry cargo and container |Ship tonnage=11,940 GRT; 18,050 DWT |Ship displacement= |Ship length=145.0 metres |Ship beam=22.8 metres |Ship height= |Ship draught=9.5 metres |Ship depth=13.1 metres |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power=10,400 bhp |Ship propulsion=Diesel |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed=15.75 knots |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement= |Ship notes= }} |
The MV Murree was a 1981 ship of the SD18 type, which sank in the English Channel in 1989.
Development
The SD14 (Shelter Deck 14) type was the successor class of Liberty Ships developed by the Austin & Pickersgill's shipyard on the River Wear in Sunderland. 211 SD14 vessels were built. The MV Murree was one of three SD18 vessels - a larger and more advanced type based on the SD14 - built at Austin & Pickersgill's Southwick yard. While the shipyard is closed today, the company line is now a member of the A&P Group.
Career
Her working life was spent exclusively with the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation. The name Murree connected the ship with an important Pakistani hill station.
Sinking
The MV Murree sank in a force 10 storm 22 miles south east of Start Point on 28 October 1989 after deck containers were dislodged and damaged the hull. Royal Navy search and rescue Sea King helicopters, of 771 Naval Air Squadron and 772 Naval Air Squadron flying from RNAS Culdrose and RNAS Portland near Helston Cornwall and Portland Dorset respectively, made a brave and difficult rescue of the 40 crew and passengers.[http://wikimapia.org/7806351/MV-Murree-Wreck The dramatic rescue described in Wikimapia]{{cite news|title=British storm kills six|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press/1989-10-30/page-11|accessdate=18 April 2013|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=30 October 1989}} Film of the rescue appeared in the BBC television series 999. The subject was covered again by the BBC in 2013 in a John Sergeant documentary about the Westland Sea King Helicopter.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r1z3g BBC Sea King Documentary
The wreck has subsequently become an attraction for sport divers.
References
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External links
- [http://www.marcle.co.uk/sd14.htm SD14 General Cargo Ship - a Model]
- [http://www.jlunderwater.co.uk/old_site/photoix/murree/ The Wreck of the Murree]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130615125856/http://www.divernet.com/Wrecks/wreck_tours/159462/wreck_tour_16_the_murree.html Wreck Tour: 16, The Murree - Divernet]
- [http://www.ukdiving.co.uk/wrecks/wreck.php?id=236 MV Murree entry at UK Diving]
- [http://wikimapia.org/7806351/MV-Murree-Wreck Wikimapia entry]
- [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SD14_1_Shelter_Deck_design..jpg Tyne & Wear County Council Museum Service Information Sheet The SD14 story.] SD is Shelter Deck. Published in about 1976/77 and uploaded with the permission of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums service. The original item is at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. Reference is to page 1. Pages 2/3 are uploaded beside it.
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Category:Shipwrecks of England
Category:Shipwrecks in the English Channel
Category:Ships built on the River Wear