The ship
She was launched in 1969 as Shoyo Maru by the Kurushima Dock Company of Imabari. She was a 2,932 GRT cargo ship with holds (cargo spaces) forward and the bridge and engines aft. In 1975 she was sold and renamed Markos. In 1980 the Dumarc Shipping and Trading Corporation of Piraeus bought her. They named her Giannis D, with a large D on the funnel.
How she sank
In April 1983 the Giannis D left Rijeka. She carried sawn softwood for Jeddah and Hodeidah. She was approaching the Strait of Gubal with engines at full speed. She left her course and ran hard onto the north-west corner of Sha'ab Abu Nuhas.…
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