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M. Shiver was an American Liberty ship laid down by
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Baltimore in
September 1943, and was launched one moth later for the US
Maritime Commission. She was transferred to the Norwegian
government in exile and renamed Viggo Hansteen, and
participated in several convoys across the Atlantic. After
Second World War she sold to the Norwegian company
Uglestad Rederi, and In 1963 to the Greek company Alkimos
Shipping. Under a journey from Jakarta to Bunbury she hit
ground outside Beagle Island 19. March 1963. She came off
the reef and was towed to Frematle and repaired. After
several failed tow and rescue operations she was laid up
at anchor outside Eglington, where her anchor finally
broke and she drifted ashore and shipwrecked in May
1964. The battered wreck rest today partly visible
on the surface and down to a depth of 8 meters southwest
of Eglington.
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