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The BOS 400 shipwreck Duiker Point, South Africa
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Built:
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Fate: Ran aground, June 26, 1994
General characteristics
Displacement: 12000 tons
Length: 100 m
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Type: Derrick Lay Barge
Hull: Metal
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BOS 400 (ship) (South Africa)
BOS 400 (ship)
BOS 400

The BOS 400, a French Derrick Lay Barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat Tigr. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Offshore construction is the installation of structures and pipelines in a marine environment for the production and transmission of oil and Gas. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Myocilin trabecular meshwork inducible glucocorticoid response, also known as MYOC, is a human Gene. June 26, 1994 [1]. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. Myocilin trabecular meshwork inducible glucocorticoid response, also known as MYOC, is a human Gene. Pointe-Noire is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, and a district in the Kouilou province The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay. Sandy Bay can refer to Sandy Bay Gibraltar Sandy Bay Hong Kong Sandy Bay Tasmania, Australia [2]

Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck. [3]

The Tigr barge was built in 1987 in Polish shipyards and had remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold for $625,000 [4] [5].

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