Sanko Harvest information

*Sanko Harvest*
History
Owner	Seawall Shipping Corporation
Operator	Sanko Steamship Co
Port of registry	Panama
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
Launched	1985
Identification	Official Number 8307521
Fate	Struck a reef and sank 14 February 1991
General characteristics
Tonnage	32,502 DWT
Length	167.6 m (550 ft)
Beam	27 m (89 ft)
Draft	14.8 m (49 ft)

Sanko Harvest was a 32,502 DWT dry bulk carrier that sank off Esperance, Western Australia after striking a charted reef on 14 February 1991.^[1] The Korean-crewed Japanese-owned ship was 174 metres (571 ft) long and was carrying a cargo of 32,790 tonnes of phosphate fertilizer valued at A$8.9 million (2019: A$17.3 million). Also on board were 677 tonnes of heavy bunker fuel and 40 tonnes of light diesel oil.^[2]^[3]

The wreck site is the second largest wreck dive in the world and the largest off the Australian coast.^[4]

^ "Sanko Harvest, 14 February 1991". Canberra: Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Sheppard, Ian Fitzhardinge (29 November 1995). "The Sanko Steamship Co. Limited and Grandslam Enterprise Corporation V Sumitomo Australia Limited & Ors" (doc). Sydney: Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Inflation Calculator". Reserve Bank of Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Sinclair, Steve (2015). "Sanko Harvest". 50 Great Dives. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[amsa-1] "Sanko Harvest, 14 February 1991". Canberra: Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[fca-2] Sheppard, Ian Fitzhardinge (29 November 1995). "The Sanko Steamship Co. Limited and Grandslam Enterprise Corporation V Sumitomo Australia Limited & Ors" (doc). Sydney: Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[3] "Inflation Calculator". Reserve Bank of Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[sinclair-4] Sinclair, Steve (2015). "Sanko Harvest". 50 Great Dives. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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