Major shipwreck in Aleutian Islands

[Dave Gittins]

There has been a major wreck in the Aleutians.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4085449.stm

Selendang Ayu was 72,937 Dwt and 39,775 GRT. She was 225 metres LOA, 32.26 metres beam and drew 14.02 metres. She was built in 1998.

 

[Noel F. Jones]

"...11 million gallons..."

"The ship was carrying soya beans and around 480,000 gallons (2.3 million litres) of fuel oil."

Would these be U.S.gallons or imperial gallons? I distinctly get the impression some cretin has converted all this from tonnes for dramatic effect.

I notice they didn't transmute "800 miles" to inches!

Just my rant on the standard of reportage these days...

Noel