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ESSO PURFLEET - IMO 6619138

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Photographer:
Bob Scott [ View profile ]
Captured:
Apr 20, 1979
Added:
Dec 9, 2019
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Image Resolution:
4,000 x 2,666

Description:

Product tanker. 2,838 grt; 4,502 dwt.
Operator: Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, London.
Built: 1967 by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton-Hill. Yard no. 524.
Main engine: vee-12-cylinder English Electric/Ruston 12RK3CM of 1,500 bhp at 750 rpm. Speed: 12 knots.
1983-PRIMA JEMIMA; 1986-THITA PEGASUS; 1987-RAINBOW; 1987-DUBAI STAR; 1991-EL MIURA; 1993-AFRICA.
2003-total loss 17/12 after grounding & stranding 17nm NE of Hydra Is, Greece.

EDIT: Amended IMO number and year of build. (PM)

Vessel
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Current name:
AFRICA

Former name(s):

 -  El Miura (Until 1993)

 -  Sicily (Until 1993)

 -  Dubai Star (Until 1991 May)

 -  Thita Pegasus (Until 1987)

 -  Esso Purfleet (Until 1983)

 -  Sicily (Until 1967 Jan)

Vessel Type:
Oil Products Tanker
Gross tonnage:
2,538 tons
Summer DWT:
4,502 tons
Length:
99 m
Beam:
14.3 m
Draught:
5.9 m

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