Shipwreck MV Cominoland
IMO: 7018020 COMINOLAND Owner: Captain Morgan Cruises, Malta.
Build 1942 by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth. England as a mine-layer and delivered 7/2 1942 to Royal Navy as M6, later renamed MINER VI (or MINER 6)
Launched: 22/4 1941
Loa. 34,42m., br. 8,08m., draft 3,66m.
Grt: 263, Nrt: 79, Dwt: 150.
Two 6 cylinder General Motors diesel engines. (fitted 1976)
1 screw, 1765 kW, speed 12 kn.
Passenger cap.: 450 passengers.
1942: MINER VI; delivered to British Royal Navy.
1966.10. MINER VI; sold to E. Zammit & Sons, Malta.
1968: MINOR EAGLE; rebuild for ferry services, Valletta (Grand Harbour) – Comino.
1976: COMINOLAND; Gozo Channel Co. Ltd., Valletta (Grand Harbour) – Comino.
1980.07: Renamed JYLLAND II after rebuilding for Day-cruises, Valletta – Comino.
19??: COMINOLAND” renamed and sold to Captain Morgan Cruises.
13/8 2006: Scuttled as a fishreef together with m/v KARWELA in Gozo near a bay called “ix-Xatt l-Ahmar”.