Launched: 24/11/1960. Completed: 16/2/1961.
22,725 gt and 38,450 dwt
208.0m oa, 196.6m pp, 26.6m beam
Single screw diesel engine. Service speed: 16.5 knots.
Builder: Eriksbergs MV, Gothenberg, Sweden.
1961 - "TOSCANA" - Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tonsberg, Norway.
1972 - "MIRFAK" - Lily Maritime Corp., Monrovia, Liberia.
1973 - "SCAPMOUNT" - Dido Shipping Co., SA, Piraeus, Greece.
18/12/1982 - hit and sunk by Iraqi Air Force Exocet missile near Buoy 5, Khor Musa Channel on a voyage from Bushire to Bandar Khomeini, Iran with a kerosene cargo.
Became the first Constuctive Total Loss of the Tanker War of the Iran/Iraq War (1980-1988).
Sources:www.strausscenter.org
http://www.miramarshipindex.nz
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22,725 gt and 38,450 dwt
208.0m oa, 196.6m pp, 26.6m beam
Single screw diesel engine. Service speed: 16.5 knots.
Builder: Eriksbergs MV, Gothenberg, Sweden.
1961 - "TOSCANA" - Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tonsberg, Norway.
1972 - "MIRFAK" - Lily Maritime Corp., Monrovia, Liberia.
1973 - "SCAPMOUNT" - Dido Shipping Co., SA, Piraeus, Greece.
18/12/1982 - hit and sunk by Iraqi Air Force Exocet missile near Buoy 5, Khor Musa Channel on a voyage from Bushire to Bandar Khomeini, Iran with a kerosene cargo.
Became the first Constuctive Total Loss of the Tanker War of the Iran/Iraq War (1980-1988).
Sources:www.strausscenter.org
http://www.miramarshipindex.nz
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