MV Poleire
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MV Poleire

The MV Poleire ashore on Little Kettle Rock west of Tresco in a fog 14th April 1970
Foynes for Poland total loss
Cypriot 2,300 tons
Gibson Collection
Poliere; 2,300 tons (1599 grt); bound from Ireland to Gdynia, Poland with a cargo of Zinc Ore; 15th April 1970 in dense fog. Registered Cyprus; Failed to hear Round Island foghorn, passed into the rock; the ship broke up within a week and slipped into deep water; crew of 15 had already been saved by Bryher boats.
 

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