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'''''BOS 400''''' was a French [[Crane vessel|derrick/lay barge]] that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat ''Tigr'' on June 26, 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.underwaterexplorers.co.za/dive-sites/40m-50m|title=Bos 400|publisher=Underwater Explorers|accessdate=April 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627184703/http://www.underwaterexplorers.co.za/dive-sites/40m-50m|archive-date=June 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2023}}<ref name="Henderson and Graham 2024" >{{cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=Bruce |last2=Graham |first2=Kelly |isbn=978-1-037-00702-6 |edition=1st |date=2024 |title=Wood, Iron and Steel: Shipwrecks mapped off the Western Cape }}</ref>

''Tigr'' was chartered to tow ''BOS 400'' from [[Pointe-Noire]] in the [[Republic of Congo]] to [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. The tow-cable broke during a [[Beaufort scale|force 9]] northwesterly gale and caused the vessel to run aground off [[Duiker Point]] near [[Sandy Bay, Cape Town|Sandy Bay]],<ref name="Henderson and Graham 2024" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/shiplaw/capstorm.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030429074153/http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/shiplaw/capstorm.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-04-29|title=The Cape of Storms has claimed many victims over the years.|publisher=University of Cape Town}}</ref><ref name="ForceDavies2005">{{cite book|author1=Robert Force|author2=Martin Davies|title=Jurisdiction and Forum Selection in International Maritime Law: Essays in Honor of Robert Force|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzjVXcHq-gsC&pg=PA167|year=2005|publisher=Kluwer Law International|isbn=978-90-411-2330-5|pages=167–}}</ref> at the same place as the earlier wreck of the SS Oakburn.

Despite several towage attempts, the [[shipwreck]] was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck.  ''BOS 400'' remains a wreck with a large crane and part of the superstructure visible above sea level.  The wreck is slowly disintegrating.

''Tigr'' was built in 1987 in [[Poland|Polish]] shipyards. Following the accident, she remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when she was sold for $625,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uctshiplaw.com/unrepdct.htm#TIGR|title=Appeal No: 472/96|publisher= High Court of South Africa Cape of Good Hope Division and South Eastern Cape Division|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607003954/http://www.uctshiplaw.com/unrepdct.htm |archivedate=June 7, 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Shipwrecks of Cape Town]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Bos 400 (ship, 1984)|BOS 400}}
* {{wikivoyage inline|Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/SS Oakburn and MV Bos 400|Diving BOS 400}}

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[[Category:Shipwrecks of the South African Atlantic coast|BOS 400]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1994]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in South Africa]]


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