The BOS 400, a French Derrick/Lay Barge

Offshore construction

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 that ran aground while being towed by the Russia

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n tugboat Tigr on June 26, 1994.

The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire

Pointe-Noire

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 in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town

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, South Africa

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. The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay, Cape Town

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Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck.

The Tigr barge was built in 1987 in Polish shipyards and had remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold for $625,000.