A 250-foot ghost ship washed up on the shore of Ireland after going missing a year ago over 1,000 miles away — here's why it was abandoned

Brittany Chang

February 20, 2020 8:27 PM

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The location of the wreck is "on a dangerous and inaccessible stretch of coastline and is in an unstable condition," Cork City Council said in a statement.

A ghost ship ushered in by Storm Dennis has been discovered in a coastal village in southern Ireland.
The 250-foot vessel was originally abandoned in 2018 following a power outage that left the crew of 10 stranded.
The crew was later rescued, but the ship remained abandoned, traveling alone over 1,000 miles for about 16 months before reaching its final destination in Ireland.
Cork County Council claims the wreck does not pose an environmental threat, although there are still sealed containers filled with oil and other materials on board that need to be removed in order to prevent any chance of pollution.
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Storm Dennis has washed ashore a surprising discovery by a coastal village in south Ireland: a vacant "ghost ship."

A jogger initially discovered the wreck where it now lays in Ballycotton, Ireland, the Washington Post reported . The ship drifted ashore with the help of Storm Dennis, which has been ravaging England, Wales, and Ireland and causing extensive flooding in some parts of the UK, Axios reported .

The 250-foot vessel originally named MV Alta was initially abandoned on October 18, 2018, in the southeast area of Bermuda, the BBC reported . This means the ship has drifted alone for more than a thousand miles for over a year.

"This is one in a million," local official John Tattan told the Irish Examiner. "I have never, ever seen anything abandoned like that before."

Initial assessments by the Cork City Council has found that the wreckage does not pose a pollution threat to its surroundings, although there are a few sealed containers onboard that need to be removed in order to prevent any potential damage to the environment.

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