MV Prestige
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This article is about the oil tanker. For the spill, see Prestige oil spill.
The MV Prestige was an oil tanker owned by a Greek company based in Athens and operating under a Bahamian flag, 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 tonnes of oil.[3]
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The MV Prestige under emergency tow shortly before it sank in November 2002 | |
History | |
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Name | Prestige |
Owner | |
Port of registry | |
Route | Riga - Gibraltar - Singapore |
Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.[1] |
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[1] 42,820 GT[1] |
Length | 243 m (797 ft)[1] |
Beam | 34.4 m (113 ft)[1] |
Draft | 14 m (46 ft)[1] |
Depth | 18.7 m (61 ft)[1] |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | Burmeister and Wain Type 8K84EF, 8 cylinder diesel, 14,711 KW [2] |
Speed | 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)[1] |
Crew | 27 |
Notes | Use of Maltese Cross by ABS |
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