'Ghost ship' drifted for 43 days in Irish waters before hitting Cork shore 

Report finds derelict ship posed 'a significant navigation hazard to commercial and recreational vessels in its vicinity'

MV Alta, captured by Safehaven Marine.

A “ghost ship” washed up on rocks off the Cork coast last year may have been adrift in Irish territorial waters for up to 43 days without being reported, according to an official investigation into the shipwreck.

A report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board into the grounding of MV Alta at Ballyandreen Bay near Ballycotton, Co Cork, on February 16, 2020, during Storm Dennis, found it had drifted over 2,300 nautical miles for 496 days before being shipwrecked on the Irish coastline.