Containership “Al Wattyah” (sometimes “Al-Wattyah”) at Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 30th October 1981
Owner: United Arab Shipping Co. SAG, Kuwait
Flag: Kuwait
Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan
Gross tons: 20,658
Deadweight: 24,302
Length overall: 183.2 m
Max. draft: 10.015 m
Engine: 7-cylinder B&W diesel, 14,600 b.h.p., by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano
Container capacity: 804 t.e.u.
Completed 1979
5th September 1985 (during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War): seized by Iranian naval forces near Strait of Hormuz; taken to Bandar Abbas where containers allegedly destined for Iraq were offloaded & confiscated.
Sold for demolition at Alang, India, 2008.