Temple Hall
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Temple Hall | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | motor ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Storm or weather | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | Spain | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Canary Islands | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 4 km from land |
| Position | 28.9773, -13.5234 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
Temple Hall was a cargo motor ship that was built in Dundee,Scotland in 1954. She was later renamed Pantelis in 1969 and then again as Telamon in 1977.
In 1981 Telamon sprang a leak in a storm and was beached on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands to prevent her sinking. A subsequent storm broke the wreck in two, and the forward part sank.
The aft part of the wreck remained above water, forming a local landmark and sea mark for more than four decades. Work to dismantle the wreck in situ began in 2022. The work was indefinitely suspended in mid-2023.
Diving & visiting
In October 1981, Telamon was en route from San-Pédro and Abidjan in Ivory Coast to Thessaloniki with a cargo of logs. On 31 October she was in the strait of La Bocayna between the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote when she developed a leak in one of her holds in a heavy storm. Her crew operated her bilge pump, but the water level in the hold continued to rise.
Telamon's captain, Manolis Avtzigiannis, contacted the harbour master at Los Mármoles, Arrecife, via VHF radio, requesting emergency assistance.
Location
- Recorded position: 28.9773, -13.5234 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
- Nearest coast: Canary Islands
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Temple Hall (ship) (revision 1327896145), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Loss and wreck”; 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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