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{{short description|Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure }}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}>SS Varvassi{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=
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}} | SS Varvassi is a wrecked ship just off the Needles lighthouse, which is at the western end of the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is off the South coast of England, near Southampton. Varvassi was a 3,875-ton Greek merchant steamship that was wrecked on the Needles rocks in 1947. It was carrying a cargo of tangerines from Algiers to Southampton. The ship became wrecked after an engine failure in stormy weather, and drifted onto the rocks. When an attempt was made to haul the ship off the rocks, she flooded and sank. All 36 crew were rescued unharmed, as was approximately one third of the cargo of tangerines and wine. There are still remains of the wreck lying just below the surface. Some parts of the wreck can be seen at very low tides. The wreck constitutes a hazard to small craft that attempt to sail too close to the lighthouse. References1. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20120502040930/http://www.needles.shalfleet.net/varvassi/
External links- {{cite web |url=http://www.needles.shalfleet.net/varvassi/ |title=The Wreck of the Varvassi |date=28 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502040930/http://www.needles.shalfleet.net/varvassi/ |archivedate=2012-05-02}}
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