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Pineapples found washed up on Shetland beaches | Pineapples found washed up on Shetland beaches |
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Pineapples washed up on beaches in Shetland could be from containers lost overboard in the Atlantic last year. | Pineapples washed up on beaches in Shetland could be from containers lost overboard in the Atlantic last year. |
Two containers filled with pineapples and bananas were lost from the cargo ship Lombok Strait last October. | Two containers filled with pineapples and bananas were lost from the cargo ship Lombok Strait last October. |
Experts said at the time they believed beaches in Shetland and the Western Isles could be the most likely destination for the cargo to wash up. | Experts said at the time they believed beaches in Shetland and the Western Isles could be the most likely destination for the cargo to wash up. |
Ten months later, Shetland islanders started sharing photos of their pineapple finds. | Ten months later, Shetland islanders started sharing photos of their pineapple finds. |
It was reported at the time that the ship was used by fruit giant Del Monte. | It was reported at the time that the ship was used by fruit giant Del Monte. |
Zoe Henry, who found pineapples at Meal Sand Beach in Burra, told the BBC Scotland news website: "I thought it was very strange - you would find them in a tropical island, not Shetland. | Zoe Henry, who found pineapples at Meal Sand Beach in Burra, told the BBC Scotland news website: "I thought it was very strange - you would find them in a tropical island, not Shetland. |
"I left them, they were a bit shrivelled up." | "I left them, they were a bit shrivelled up." |
Another find at the weekend was photographed at Watsness. | Another find at the weekend was photographed at Watsness. |
The vessel crew had been unsure exactly where in the mid Atlantic the containers were lost. | |
Bad weather | |
A Coastguard spokeswoman said: "Just after 11:10 on 22 October 2017, a vessel contacted HM Coastguard to let us know that it had lost two 40ft containers with pineapples and bananas in it during bad weather. | |
"There was no specific location given, just the Atlantic. The vessel was heading for Dover. | |
"The duty counter-pollution and salvage officer was informed and the Receiver of Wreck was notified along with the various agencies whose waters the containers may have passed through." | |
The Lowestoft-based Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) had appealed last year for reports of fruit washing up. | The Lowestoft-based Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) had appealed last year for reports of fruit washing up. |
No-one at Cefas was available for comment on Monday due to the Bank Holiday. | No-one at Cefas was available for comment on Monday due to the Bank Holiday. |
The story of the containers being lost was known in Shetland, and was the focus of an act at the South Mainland Up Helly Aa (SMUHA) festival in March. | |
"The FisherMan from Del Monte say Yes" was about fishermen going to catch fish but they caught pineapples and bananas instead. | |
Squad member Angela Thomson said: "It's good to hear the pineapples have arrived on the beaches in Shetland." |
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