Prestige (oil tanker)
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This article is about the oil tanker. For the spill, see Prestige oil spill.
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Prestige |
| Owner: | Mare Shipping Inc.[1] |
| Operator: | Universe Maritime Ltd. |
| Port of registry: | Nassau, Bahamas[1] |
| Route: | Riga - Gibraltar - Singapore |
| Builder: | Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.[1] |
| Completed: | 1976 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7372141[1] ABS number: 7603948[1] |
| Fate: | Sunk, 19 November 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Aframax single-hulled oil tanker |
| Tonnage: | 42,820 tonnes (42,140 LT; 47,200 ST)[1] |
| Length: | 243 metres (797 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 34.4 metres (113 ft)[1] |
| Draft: | 14 metres (46 ft)[1] |
| Depth: | 18.7 metres (61 ft)[1] |
| Speed: | 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)[1] |
| Crew: | 27 |
The Prestige was a Liberian-owned oil tanker, operating under a Bahamian flag, that on 19 November 2002 sank off the coast of Galicia, Spain.
Design and construction
Prestige was a single-hulled oil tanker with a length overall of 243 metres (797 ft), a beam of 34.4 metres (113 ft), a hull depth of 18.7 metres (61 ft), and a draft of 14 metres (46 ft). It had a gross tonnage (GT) of 42,820 tons and a total cargo capacity of 81,589 metric tons deadweight (DWT). Vessels of this size are classified as Aframax-class tankers.
The ship was built by Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan.
Ship Information
- Owner: Mare Shipping Inc., Liberia
- Manager: Universe Maritime Ltd., Greece
- Cargo Owner: Crown Resources, Switzerland
- P&I Coverage: London Steamship Owners Insurance
See also
References
External links
- Prestige at the Ministry of the Sea (Xunta de Galicia)
- The Prestige: one year on, a continuing disaster a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature
