After the 1970 salvage operations which removed the cargo through the side of the hull, the wreck was reported to be well-broken up and scattered.

Event and Historical Information:
The METRIC was a steel-hulled motor vessel built in 1967. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 499gt; 68 m length x 10.7m breadth x 6.4m depth .
At time of loss on 14 December 1969, the vessel was on passage from Runcorn to Rotterdam under the command of Geisbert Volland. The vessel developed a severe list when her cargo shifted in 50 miles-an-hour winds. This forced the captain, his wife, their five year old son, the chief engineers wife and seven crew to abandon ship into a life raft, since the sea conditions were such it was impossible to launch the ship's boat. The survivors had no sooner left the vessel than it rolled over and sank. Fortunately a Finnish cargo ship the m.v VEGA answered their distress call and took all ten people on board. The Fishguard lifeboat HOWARD MARRYAT had meantime launched to their assistance, but the sea state was such he was unable to get alongside the VEGA, so the lifeboat led the VEGA into the relative shelter of Fishguard Harbour where the survivors were landed. The salvage company, Rizdon Beazley, reported the removal of the cargo through the side of the vessel. In October 1985, a commercial hydrographic survey reported the wreck to broken up and scattered. The Casualty Returns had the shipwreck location at coordinates 52 25N, 5 10W.

Sources include:

Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 October - 31 December 1969 p.73
MV Metric, Wreck Site EU
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk)

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, May 2011.

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