MV Rhosus
Cargo ship built in 1986, sank in 2018 in Beirut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MV Rhosus was a general cargo ship that was abandoned in Beirut, Lebanon, after the ship was declared unseaworthy and the charterers lost interest in the cargo. The 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate which the ship was carrying was confiscated and brought to shore in 2014, and later contributed to the catastrophic 2020 Beirut explosion. The vessel's owner at the time of abandonment was Cyprus-based Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin. The ship sank in the Port of Beirut in 2018.
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Rhosus passing Istanbul on 30 July 2011 | |
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Ordered | October 1984[2] |
Builder | Tokuoka Zosen K.K. (Naruto, Japan) |
Completed | October 1986[2] |
Identification | IMO number: 8630344[1] |
Fate | Abandoned in Beirut with cargo of ammonium nitrate and sank in port in 2018; declared total loss |
General characteristics (after conversion)[2] | |
Type | General cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 86.6 m (284 ft) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft) |
Draught | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
Depth | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
Installed power | Hanshin 6LU32G; 736 kW (987 hp) |
Propulsion | Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (service) |
Capacity | Two cargo holds |
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