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A Stranding in the Magellan Strait

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

W. Burger and
A. G. Corbet
W. Burger
Affiliation:
(University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology)
A. G. Corbet
Affiliation:
(University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology)
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The paper by Captain Burger and Captain Corbet was presented by Captain Corbet at a meeting of the Arab Institute of Navigation held in Alexandria on 9 April 1979. Before the meeting M. W. Richey, as Director of the Royal Institute of Navigation, gave a short talk to the Arab Institute.

On the 9 August 1974 the steam tanker Metula grounded in the First Narrows of the Magellan Strait. The grounding of this deeply laden VLCC provoked very little publicity either on television or in the press, probably because of the remoteness of the area. The Metula was a first-class, well-found vessel manned by properly qualified and experienced personnel, and had two Chilean pilots on board to assist with the navigation through the Strait. How could such an accident happen?

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , September 1979, pp. 325 - 333
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1979

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