MV Korean Star (1984)

History

Name:	Korean Star
Owner:	Green Spanker Shipping, S A
Port of registry:	Panama
Fate:	Wrecked on 20 May 1988.
General characteristics
Type:	Bulk carrier
Length:	174 metres (571 ft)
Beam:	26 metres (85 ft)
Draft:	10.6 metres (35 ft)
Propulsion:	Single screw

The MV Korean Star was a bulk carrier, built in 1984, that was wrecked on 20 May 1988 near Cape Cuvier, Western Australia.

Fate

The Korean Star sailed from Hong Kong on 11 May 1988 in ballast with 19 crew aboard. While anchored off Cape Cuvier, she dragged her anchors as a result of cyclonic weather conditions and was wrecked on 20 May 1988.

The vessel was declared a constructive total loss after it broke in two shortly after grounding. The remains are found only 56 metres (184 ft) off shore at the base of a cliff within the boundaries of Quobba Station.^[1]

References

↑ "Quobba Station". 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1988

Shipwrecks	16 Feb: Sol Phryne 19 Apr: Sahand 26 Apr: Reijin 14 May: Seawise Giant 20 May: Korean Star 4 Jul: Singa Sea 6 Jul: Piper Alpha 23 Jul: USS Jonas Ingram 24 Jul: USS Rankin 29 Jul: USNS Aeolus 6 Aug: Manihari Ghat ferry disaster 24 Aug: USS Vermilion 26 Aug: BAP Pacocha 8 Oct: HMAS Buccaneer 21 Oct: MV Jupiter 24 Oct: Doña Marilyn November (unknown date): ARA Piedrabuena Unknown date: USCGC Unimak

Other incidents	12 Feb: Bezzavetnyy, USS Caron, USS Yorktown 31 Mar: Haven 14 Apr: USS Samuel B. Roberts 24 Apr: USS Bonefish 29 Apr: USS Sam Houston 11 Jul: City of Poros 23 Jul: Nadashio 22 Sep: Ocean Odyssey Unknown date: NOAAS Miller Freeman

1987 1989

Coordinates: 24°12′30″S 113°25′30″E / 24.2083°S 113.425°E / -24.2083; 113.425

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