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MV Secil Japan
''MV Secil Japan'' was a Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...nian cargo ship that was built in Japan and launched in 1982. She was wrecked on 12 March 1989 at Hell's Mouth, Cornwall, Hell's Mouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Today little of the ship survives, although some remains can be seen at low tide. Loss Having made calls at Aveiro, Portugal, Aveiro and Leixões, Portugal, ''Secil Japan'' was bound for Liverpool carrying timber. While passing the north coast of Cornwall in strong gales, the ship's cargo shifted and an attempt was made to make refuge at Godrevy Point. However, when the anchor was unable to hold and the engines failed to start, ''Secil Japan'' was pushed towards Hell's Mouth. A Royal Navy RAF Search and Rescue Force, SAR helicopter from RNAS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
