Abandoned oil tanker found washed ashore in West African coast. (Source: Facebook)
Posted on 05/09/2016 4:31:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Discovered on May 4 on a beach in Robertsport, in the country’s far north-west, the 63-metre tanker, Tamaya 1, was last seen on April 22 after leaving its registered port in Panama.
With the vessel’s last known location far outside pirate waters, authorities are struggling to determine why the crew would have abandoned the ship.
The Liberian maritime authority could only speculate as to why the ship was empty, however evidence of a fire in the captain's quarters supported the theory of foul play.
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The Liberian government has been criticised for taking more than two days to realise the massive ship had run aground on the Robertsport beach
By the time authorities established a perimeter the vessel had been looted and vandalised by locals.
(Excerpt) Read more at 9news.com.au ...
The sea has its scavengers, and so does the land, I guess...
Oh, so that’s where I left it.
The Crystal Ship? Was Jim Morrison aboard?
If there are ghosts on it then it is technically not abandon.
1000 girls, a thousand thrills.
Every other African country in West Africa is English or French. (Sierra Leone/French, Liberia/English, Ivory Coast/French, Ghana/English, Togo/French, Benin/English, Nigeria/English (okay, that’s 2.))
I’ve been to all, this story seems very fishy... I wonder what was on that ship (other than drugs.)
"Well she's fashionably lean.....
Trump was aboard with a megaphone, shouting "take the oil".. "TAKE THE OIL!!!"
Liberia?
Pirates.
Next.
Asked about why maritime authorities had responded so slowly to the mystery of a crewless oil tanker, the source said: “Robertsport does not have a seaport.”
“Was Jim Morrison aboard?”
Lol.. Is that what you’re referring to —> Riders On the Storm..
Doesn’t that become their ship once it is abandoned?
If so then the Liberian government should refloat her and put her up for sale. For scrap if nothing else.
You can eat your dinner eat your pork and beans..... I eat more chicken any man ever see
Must have been sailing at Horse Latitudes
lol
The Mary Celeste ...
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