Diver Discovers Sunken MF Treasure

Can you help solve the mystery?

In investigating a sunken wreck in Tunisian waters, north of Bizerta, professional diver and photographer Selim Baccar was surprised to find its cargo hold still full of Massey Ferguson tractors.

Denizen of the deep – one of the MF tractors discovered by diver Selim Baccar.

Curious as to his discovery, Selim emailed Massey Ferguson with his amazing pictures to try and find out more. The wreck is so broken up that it has not been possible for him to identify the ship’s name or anything else about it. In his note he wrote: “Congratulations, the tractors are still intact after spending all these years in 65 metres of water!”

“From the photos, we can see that the tractors are MF 135 models fitted with an axle that dates them as post-1971,” says Jim Newbold, Massey Ferguson Marketing Planning Manager who in his investigations also contacted a number of ex-Massey Ferguson employees to see if they could shed any light on the mystery. “Our estimate is that the ship went down somewhere between 1972-74.”

“As yet, we don’t know the name of the ship, its ultimate destination, why it sunk, who the customer was or what happened to replace the tractors,” Jim continues. “We are keen to find out more so if anyone can assist we would be very pleased to receive any further information no matter how speculative.”

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