MS Logna

{{Short description|First ship intentionally sunk as artificial reef and recreational dive site in the Bahamas}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= MV Island Cement.JPG |image_caption=MV ''Island Cement'' at Bahama Cement Company Loading Dock in 1978 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= |name=''Logna'' |flag= {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}} |namesake= |owner= |ordered= |builder=[[Bergens Mekaniske Verksted]] Shipyard, Norway |original_cost= |yard_number= 435 |laid_down= |launched= 6 February 1958<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5210650|shipname=Logna|access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref> |completed= June 1958 |acquired= |in_service= 1958-1969 |out_of_service= |registry=[[Liverpool]] UK |identification= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country= |name= ''Island Cement'' |flag= {{shipboxflag|Bahamas|naval}} |namesake= |owner= Bahama Cement Company, GBI |operator= Bahama Cement Company, GBI |route=[[Bahamas]] inter-island and East Coast of [[Florida]] |ordered= |builder= |original_cost= |yard_number= |laid_down= |launched= |completed= |acquired= 1969 |in_service= 1959-1981 |out_of_service= 1982 |registry=[[Nassau, Bahamas]] |identification= |fate= Scuttled on 16 October 1982 |status=[[Artificial reef]] and [[recreational dive site]] |notes= Current position, Lat: 26.477949 Lng: 78.691635 }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= [[Lloyd's of London]] |type= [[Self-discharger|Self discharge, bulk cement carrier]] |tonnage= *1,444 [[Gross register tonnage|GRT]] *1,555 [[Deadweight tonnage|DWT]] |length= {{convert|229|ft|abbr=on}} |beam= {{convert|35|ft|abbr=on}} |draught= {{convert|15|ft|abbr=on}} |depth= {{convert|20|ft|abbr=on}} |decks= 1 |power= GMB 8, 960 [[Horsepower#Brake horsepower|BHP]] |propulsion= Single, 4-bladed [[propeller|screw]] {{convert|6.75|ft|abbr=on}} |speed=11.75 [[knot (unit)|knots]] |capacity= |crew= British & Bahamian |armament= |sensors= }} }} [[File:Gen Arrangement Plan.JPG|thumb|MV Island Cement (Theo's Wreck) general arrangement plan]]

'''MV ''Logna''''' was built as [[general cargo ship]] in [[Bergens Mekaniske Verksted]], [[Shipyard]], Norway in 1958. She transported cargo between Norway and Spain until 1969, when she was acquired by the Bahama Cement Company. In 1970, she was converted to a bulk cement carrier and she was renamed MV ''Island Cement''. She was used to ship bulk [[cement]] between [[Freeport, Bahamas]], [[Fort Pierce]], [[Port Canaveral]], and [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], and to [[Eleuthera]] and [[New Providence]] in the [[Bahamas]]. In 1980, the Company conducted an underwater survey and determined that it was not economical to perform required repairs. Instead, the ship was decommissioned and the company planned to sell her for scrap.

The company's port engineer and underwater sports enthusiast Theo (Thanassis) Galanopoulos instead persuaded the company to scuttle the ship as a [[dive site]]. After several months of preparation with the assistance of local volunteers and the issuance of a permit by the Government of the Bahamas, the MV ''Island Cement'' was towed about 1.5 miles off Williamstown, [[Grand Bahama Island]] and [[Scuttling|scuttled]] on 16 October 1982. The MV ''Island Cement'' became the first ship [[Sinking ships for wreck diving sites|intentionally sunk]] as [[artificial reef]] and [[recreational dive site]] in the Bahamas; the site was named "''Theo's Wreck''"

[[File:Island Cement -to-Theo's Wreck.JPG|300px|MV ''Island Cement'' two hours before sinking]]

''Theo's Wreck'' is {{convert|229|ft|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|10.670|ft|abbr=on}} and rests on her port side at depth of {{convert|103|ft|abbr=on}} at [[Tidal range|MLT]], and about {{convert|50|ft|abbr=on}} feet from the island's [[continental shelf]]. It is approximately two miles offshore of [[Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina]]. Two [[buoy]]s mark the location of "Theo's Wreck". Since 1982, the ship has become home to much [[marine life]].

[[File:Theo's Wreck.jpg|300px|Diving Theo's Wreck]]

== External links == {{reflist}} *[http://www.divebuddy.com/divesite/3900/theos-wreck-bahamas Dive Buddy] * [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_caribbean_bahamas_grand_bahama_theos_wreck.html UK Diver Site Directory] * * [http://www.unexso.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=76 UNEXSO – Freeport Bahamas] * * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwcfEWeywEADiving Theo's Wreck underwater video clip]

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