File:Wreck of freighter Capitàn Leonidas in Canal Messier, Chile, in 1989.jpg

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English: Wreck of the freighter Capitàn Leonidas, in 1989. The ship was deliberately grounded in Messier Channel, Chile, on 7 April 1968 while on a voyage from Santos to Valparaiso with sugar. The captain wanted to sink the ship for an insurance fraud. However, the ship was only grounded. It was originally the Norwegian MV Molda, built in 1937.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location48° 44′ 45.44″ S, 74° 25′ 43.45″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current17:09, 13 June 2020Thumbnail for version as of 17:09, 13 June 2020650 × 547 (209 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Wreck of the freighter ''Capitàn Leonidas'', in 1989. The ship was deliberately grounded in Canal Messier, Chile, on 7 April 1968 while on a voyage from Santos to Valparaiso with sugar. The captain wanted to sink the ship for an insurance fraud. However, the ship was only grounded. It was originally the Norwegian MV ''Molda'', built in 1937.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/ddg23-89/087.htm] from the [https...

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