Ghost vessel runs aground off Sam Lord’s Castle

A vessel that had been drifting in the South Atlantic for months after its crew was rescued has run aground on a reef just off Sam Lord’s Castle.

Major Robert Harewood, Deputy Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), said the ship, identified through online searches as the MV Christina Debora, reportedly left Ascension Island last year before encountering engine problems. The crew was rescued around July, and the vessel was left adrift.

“It has been drifting, what we call a ghost vessel...