Diving with my son Cameron last weekend diving the MV Castor, a 250 freight of the coast of Boynton Beach. Here is a video as well. youtube/watch?v=nSWhJFEOhZc The wreck is 258 feet long by 37 feet wide by 50 feet tall. Vessel History The M/V CASTOR was designed as a dry cargo carrier by the Dutch as a Shelterdeck Coaster used for timbers. The ship was built in 1970 at the Bodewes Shipyard, Martenshoek, Netherlands. Upon its completion in 1970, the M/V CASTOR, originally the M/V DOROTHEE BOS, sailed throughout western Europe carrying cargo and supplies until 1988. Under the new name of M/V MER STAR, the captain and crew embarked from northern Spain (Requijada) to Mobile, Alabama. The ship has remained within the Caribbean working between the ports of call in southeast United States, Mexico, Columbia, and Aruba. Over the last dozen years its name was changed many times. Included are; M/V ANN MARY, IRMA, ALLEGRO SEA, GULF VIKING, CARIB STAR, TROPIC and most recently the M/V CASTOR. In 1999 the M/V CASTOR was seized by U.S. Customs agents after being stopped on the high seas by the Coast Guard and found carrying 200 bales of cocaine weighing 10,127 pounds in a container shipment of bagged sugar. The captain and crew were all arrested. The ship then became a derelict along the Miami River and was seized for debts accrued by the former ships owner.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:41:22 +0000
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