Betelgeuse References Betelgeuse ship Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Whiddy IslandIn 1979 the tanker Betelgeuse caught fire and exploded at the oil jetty, sinking and causing the deaths of more than 50 men. The terminal closed thereafter and did not reopen until the late 1990s. Read MoreIn 1979 the tanker Betelgeuse caught fire and exploded at the oil jetty, sinking and causing the deaths of more than 50 men. The terminal closed thereafter and did not reopen until the late 1990s. Read More