The ship was left lying on its side on a sandbank and was refloated in 1983.

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She's sitting on a soft sandbank and it's a matter of waiting until high tide so that she can be refloated.

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The Ciudad de Cadiz was refloated on Saturday after being stuck on a sandbank outside Mostyn port in Flintshire since 30 January.

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It ran aground on an uninhabited island about 200 miles south of Anchorage and was stuck there for a week before being refloated.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A Shell oil-drilling ship that ran aground near a remote Alaska island has been refloated, officials said early Monday.

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Once the giant ship has been refloated, it will be towed to an Italian port, probably in Tuscany, to be dismantled and disposed of according to local regulations.

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Some 20 of them were refloated to deeper water using inflatable pontoons as the water returned, but the remainder had died, the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) charity said.

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The shipping industry prays to be refloated.

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