Hi Marco, 1,609 gross tons, length 79.9m x beam 11.0m, built 1945 by Svendborg Skibs, Svendborg as the LINDA CLAUSEN for C. Clausen, Esbjerg, 1950 sold to Det Forenede D/S A/S, Odense renamed DIANA, 1965 sold to V. Makris, Piraeus, 1967 renamed TWIGA, 13th May 1968 caught fire in position 38.27N 16.35E and sank at Messina on 10th Feb.1969. She was on voyage Setubal to Venice with a cargo of wood pulp. From "Modern Shipping Disasters" by Norman Hooke - While on voyage from Setubal to Venice with a cargo of wood pulp, the Greek steamship TWIGA had an outbreak of fire in holds 1 & 2 during the early hours of May 13th 1968 when off Reggio Calabria. The Master deliberately beached his vessel 60 miles from Reggio at Monasterace near Punta Stilo in an effort to save her. All the crew reached the safety of the beach. Still smouldering and heavily fire damaged, the TWIGA was refloated two days later by two tugs which both attempted to extinguish the fire by flooding the holds and engine room. They towed her to an anchorage outside Messina harbour on May 17th, still on fire and too hot to board. She lay there as a burnt out hulk until she sank on 10th Feb.1969. There is a good photo of her as the DIANA in the book DFDS 1886-1991 by Soren Thorsoe, ISBN 87-980030-0-3 regards Ted On 13/08/2011 00:34, Marco Errigo wrote: > Hi to all of the Mariners... > I'm lookin for informations regarding a ship called TWIGA ex LINDA CLAUSEN (a danish ship) wrecked near messina - Italy in1969. I also would like to know if there is a danish archive of plans, photos, records etc! > thanks to all! > Marco > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >