[BITList] Uncharted rock

[Michael Feltham]

When I was in Denholms, a large Bulk carrier, the MUIRFIELD, hit an uncharted pinnacle rock about a days run S. of the Lombok Strait, the ship was carrying Iron Ore from NW Australia, bound for Japan.

The rock tip stuck in the D.B. and the ship continued sailing on the D.B. tank top until after discharge when she dry-docked.

If you look on the BA Chart it is called the Muirfield Seamount.

Mike