MV Prestige
 MV Prestige under emergency tow shortly before it sank in November 2002
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| History | |
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| Name | Prestige |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Route | Riga – Gibraltar – Singapore |
| Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.[2] |
| Launched | 10 December 1975 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Renamed | |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Foundered 19 November 2002. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aframax Single-Hull |
| Tonnage | 81,589 DWT[2] 42,820 GT[2] |
| Length | 243 m (797 ft 3 in)[2] |
| Beam | 34.4 m (112 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Draft | 14 m (45 ft 11 in)[2] |
| Depth | 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)[2] |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Burmeister and Wain Type 8K84EF, 8-cylinder diesel, 14,711 kW (19,728 hp)[1] |
| Speed | 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)[2] |
| Crew | 27 |
| Notes | Use of Maltese Cross by ABS |
MV Prestige was an oil tanker owned by a Greek company based in Athens and operating under a Bahamian flag of convenience, that on 19 November 2002 sank off the coast of Galicia, Spain. The sinking caused a major environmental disaster, polluting thousands of miles of coastline with 50,000 metric tons (49,000 long tons; 55,000 short tons) of oil.[3]
Design and construction
[edit]Prestige was a single-hulled oil tanker with a length overall of 243 metres (797 ft 3 in), a beam of 34.4 metres (112 ft 10 in), a hull depth of 18.7 metres (61 ft 4 in), and a draft of 14 metres (45 ft 11 in). It had a 42,820 gross tonnage (GT) and a total cargo capacity of 81,589 tons deadweight (DWT).
The ship was launched on 10 December 1975 and completed on 30 March 1976 by Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. At the time of its sinking, it was owned by Mare Shipping, and registered in the Bahamas.[4]
See also
[edit]- List of oil spills
- Plataforma Nunca Máis
- Aegean Sea, another oil tanker that sank off the Galician coast in 1992
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bahamas Maritime Authority (2004). Report of the investigation into the loss of the Bahamian registered tanker "Prestige" off the northwest coast of Spain on 19th November 2002 (PDF) (Report). Bahamas Maritime Authority. pp. 88, 89. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ship Structure Committee. Case Study XII: Prestige (PDF) (Report). Ship Structure Committee. pp. 1–8.
- ^ "Spain Prestige oil spill disaster case in court". BBC News. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Prestige (7372141)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Prestige at the Ministry of the Sea (Galicia) (Xunta de Galicia)
- The Prestige: one year on, a continuing disaster a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature
- Prestige Ship Structure Case Study
42°53′N 9°53′W / 42.883°N 9.883°W
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