I was lucky to be in front of the ship in 2003 and at that time I was not aware that I had a piece of history in front of me. I am from the Canary Islands and I remember that day fondly visiting the island of Fuerteventura, seeing the boat and being on that beach with my two now dead grandparents.
@@metalman4141 Well regarding that. By the late 1970s, the ship had been poorly maintained and couldn’t match the competition of newer and more modern ships. Chandris, who were the owners at the time, felt that they wanted a more modern fleet so they decided to retire the ship for good.
He looks so beautiful if you take the time to philosophize For me it's very interesting to have the possibility to see this kind of thing, which is very rare in our world
everyone of the islandesr got a piece of history you only have to look in the bars ..not only the naufragio puerto, which has the most..but other well established restaurants from corralejo to jandia have memorabilia
@@randomuser9883 I believe they do regularly. I have heard that she couldn’t be towed through there because the canal authorities were worried that the ship might sink.
I was lucky to be in front of the ship in 2003 and at that time I was not aware that I had a piece of history in front of me. I am from the Canary Islands and I remember that day fondly visiting the island of Fuerteventura, seeing the boat and being on that beach with my two now dead grandparents.
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@@littlebunnybunny thanks
Thanks for the amazing film footage.
I’d love to own just a fragment of the ship .
The part where the cameraman had to run away from the water blasting through the windows.. no wonder it deteriorated so quickly
The sea is unforgiving to its trespassing travellers...
saw this in 94 when i first came to island..like a film magnificient
The same year it ran aground. What was it like in person?
Wonderful, Matthew. Well done, as always. Love you ❤️
Great footage man!
Why on Earth do we let this type of thing happen, so sad .
Because what happened was an accident and it would have been too difficult and expensive to remove a shipwreck.
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I totally understand that, but it really shouldn’t have been left to get in such a terrible state in the first place.
@@metalman4141 Well regarding that. By the late 1970s, the ship had been poorly maintained and couldn’t match the competition of newer and more modern ships. Chandris, who were the owners at the time, felt that they wanted a more modern fleet so they decided to retire the ship for good.
He looks so beautiful if you take the time to philosophize
For me it's very interesting to have the possibility to see this kind of thing, which is very rare in our world
everyone of the islandesr got a piece of history you only have to look in the bars ..not only the naufragio puerto, which has the most..but other well established restaurants from corralejo to jandia have memorabilia
Love it
Poor little Boat:(
Incredible
I have a feeling they could have just used the Suez Canal to tow her
I would use the Suez Canal, but apparently you can’t just tow an old ship through there.
@@matthewcox6615 but many large freighters sail there too
@@randomuser9883 I believe they do regularly. I have heard that she couldn’t be towed through there because the canal authorities were worried that the ship might sink.
@@matthewcox6615 but she wouldn’t have sunk that doesn’t really make any sense :|
@@randomuser9883 We may never know the truth about what happened. It was either an accident or a scam.