MV Craigantlet
container ship · United Kingdom
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Craigantlet
- IMO number
- 7222774
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Vessel type
- container ship
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 78 m
- Beam
- 13.4 m
- Year built
- 1972
- Builder
- Q11890581
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Craigantlet
MV Craigantlet was a German-owned, Cyprus-registered container ship operated on time-charter by Cawoods Containers Ltd of Belfast. She ran aground on 26 February 1982 at Killantringan Lighthouse in Portamaggie Bay, Wigtownshire in southwestern Scotland. The 800 ton cargo ship was bound to Liverpool from Belfast at the time. The lighthouse keeper raised the alarm, and Craigantlet's crew was rescued via airlift by a Sea King from 819 Squadron based at the stone frigate HMS Gannet at Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. Because the Craigantlet carried some containers marked with hazardous material codes — and reportedly some containers mislabeled as empty that were not — there was concern that a dangerous chemical spill could occur. The immediate area was evacuated and an unmanned warning light was put in place. The containers were removed over the next six weeks.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Craigantlet now?
- MV Craigantlet has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MV Craigantlet?
- MV Craigantlet is a container ship sailing under the flag of United Kingdom, built in 1972 by Q11890581. The vessel is 78 m long with a beam of 13.4 m.
- Has MV Craigantlet been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Craigantlet appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).