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MSC Napoli is a United Kingdom-flagged container ship and the first Post-Panamax container vessel. The ship was built in 1991 and has a capacity of 4,419 TEU or 62,000 tons.

While en route to Portugal, on Thursday January 18, 2007, during European windstorm "Kyrill", severe gale force winds and huge waves caused serious damage to her hull, with a crack in one side as well as a flooded engine room. The ship was then 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of The Lizard, Cornwall. On 19 January she was deliberately beached at Branscombe around 1 mile off of the Devon coast, near the coastal town of Sidmouth.

Some 103 containers have fallen into the sea. After containers from the wreck began washing up at Branscombe, around two hundred people ventured onto the beach to scavenge the flotsam, despite warnings from the police that those failing to notify the Receiver of Wreck of goods salvaged risked fines. Scavenged goods include several BMW R1200RT motorcycles, empty wine casks, nappies, perfume, and car parts.