Birgo 1978
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | Birgo | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1978 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | cargo ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Scuttled | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Sea / ocean | Boknafjorden | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Norway | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 6 km from land |
| Position | 59.3000, 5.7700 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
MS Birgo was a Norwegian cargo ship that was built in 1967. The ship sank 18 July 1978 in Nedstrandfjorden (part of Boknafjorden). While the initial investigation was inconclusive, the loss was later determined to be a deliberate scuttling by the ship's owner as an insurance fraud scheme. The litigation by the insurance company in the aftermath of the investigation reached the Supreme Court where the principle of condictio indebiti was tested.
Location
- Recorded position: 59.3000, 5.7700 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Boknafjorden
- Nearest coast: Norway
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article MS Birgo (revision 1327851187), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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