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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)
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)
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