LANZAROTE TELAMON SHIPWRECK

The Telamon shipwreck. The Telamon sank on 31st of October 1981 off the coast of Lanzarote, about a mile northeast of the port of Arrecife. On it's last trip it had a charge of tropical tree trunks on board carrying them from the Ivory Coast to Thessaloniki when it came in distress off the Canary Islands. The ship wreck on the shore between Arrecife and Costa Teguise catches a lot of visitors by surprise when passing along the old coastal road by the port Muelle de Los Mármoles in Lanzarote. This ship was built in Dundee in 1954, read on if you’d like to know how she ended up beached in Lanzarote. The Lambert Brothers Ltd were formed in 1878,  they took over the Temple Steam Ship Company in 1926. The Dornoch Shipping Company was founded in Glasgow during 1935  which included the Lambert Brothers and subsidiaries, this company was sold to Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd in 1954 when three new ships were added to the fleet including the Temple Hall which was built at the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd (yard no 489) in Dundee and registered in London. In 1969 Temple Hall was re-named Pantelis and registered in Piraeus, Greece when it was sold to Demetrios P. Margaronis who sold the ship on again a year later to Viajes Sud América in Panama, keeping the same name and flag. Changing hands again in 1977 where she was re-named the Telamon, owned by Telamon Maritime Co. SA and managed by Armour Shipping Inc. in Greece. The Telamon was on route from San Pedro from the Ivory Coast to Thessaloniki with a cargo of logs when she sprung a leak and was forced to run aground in Arrecife, Lanzarote on the 31st October 1981. #lanzarote #telamonshipwreck canaryisland