Cason

For other uses, see Cason (disambiguation).

History

Name:	Cason
Route:	Antwerp - Shanghai
Completed:	1969
Fate:	Grounded, 5 December 1987
General characteristics
Type:	Cargo ship
Tonnage:	9,190 tonnes (9,040 long tons; 10,130 short tons)
Crew:	31

Cason was a cargo ship, under a Panamanian flag, carrying 1,100 tonnes of various toxic and flammable chemicals. On 5 December 1987 the ship caught fire off the coast of Galicia, Spain. 23 of the 31 crew were killed. It was subsequently grounded off Cape Finisterre.

References

Cedre - Cason

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1987

Shipwrecks	20 Feb: USS Accokeek 4 Mar: HMAS Colac 6 Mar: Herald of Free Enterprise 15 Jun: ARA Comodoro Py 16 Jun: HMS Yarmouth 16 Jul: Havel 17 Jul: USS Bausell July (unknown date): USS McKean 26 Sep: Iran Ajr 27 Nov: USCGC Duane 28 Nov: USCGC Bibb 5 Dec: Cason 12 Dec: Rainbow Warrior, Samson 20 Dec: Doña Paz

Other incidents	7 Apr: USS Daniel Boone 1 May: Saint Eloi 24 Jul: Bridgeton 16 Oct: Hengist, Sea Isle City 20 Dec: Vector

1986 1988

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