this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
29 points (100.0% liked)

AbandonedPorn

3509 readers
4 users here now

High quality images of abandoned things and places.

!abandonedporn@reddthat.com is for real places, but fictional ones are welcome over at !imaginarywastelands@lemm.ee.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
LocustOfControl@reddthat.com
29
On New Year’s Eve 1993, this ocean liner left Greece for Thailand, towed by a tugboat. The tow lines broke during a storm, the ship was left adrift and, on 18 January 1994, it ran aground near Fuertev (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by lewosadebu@lemmy.world to c/abandonedporn@reddthat.com
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Ggtfmhy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s in the Canary Islands, for those of you like me who don’t know where Fuerteventura is.

TIL the Canary Islands have a population of 2.2 million (!)

[–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Hi, I'm one of those couple million. Tenerife is my island.

[–] statingtheobvious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The ship was called SS American Star and was more than 50 years old when it ran aground.

[–] BrokebackHampton@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From Greece to Thailand and it ended up in Fuerteventura? Was the Suez Canal not available?

[–] chemical_cutthroat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

For real. I didn't know that tugboats were capable of making trips like that. Or, maybe they aren't, and this is why...

Edit: I just read the wiki. Apparently there is an age limit on ships that pass through the Suez Canal. I suppose that makes sense. Feels like risky business towing an old ass ship half way around the world just to turn it into a hotel.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 1 points 1 year ago

I bet a supervillain has a secret base built in underneath it