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MIRAFLORES - IMO 5236599

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Photographer:
jackosan [ View profile ]
Location:
Antwerp, Belgium
Photo Category:
Casualties
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Dec 30, 2018
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Burnt-out tanker “Miraflores” at Antwerp, June 1963
Owner: Italian
Flag: Panama
Gross tons: 20,776
Builder: Ansaldo Cantiere Navale, Sestri Ponente, Italy
Completed 1958
February 26 1963: collided with British tanker “Abadesa” (13,571 tons gross, owned by Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd., London) in the Westerschelde & subsequently gutted by fire with the loss of 9 lives.
One report says that she was rebuilt, returned to service & scrapped in 1974.

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Current name:
GEROS

Former name(s):

 -  Pericles Halcoussis (Until 1972 Jan)

 -  Miraflores (Until 1964 Jan)

Vessel Type:
Tanker
Gross tonnage:
20,776 tons
Summer DWT:
32,792 tons

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She was indeed repaired, renamed Pericles Halcoussis and traded under this name until 1972, when she became Geros. She arrived at Kaohsiung 10/09/1974 for breaking. I have added the IMO number.

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