Going through old photographs I found some pictures of this ship. At the time I sailed with SHELL tankers and we had to anker close to the spot where it rested after the explosion. With some people we made a small trip with one of the laungeboats and I made these pictures.
I just uploaded them (succesfully it said), hopefully soon to be seen on this page.

Best regards,
Pieter Baan Müller (NL)

This is the only example on the site.
Therefore until a better one is uploaded it must stay.

returned to catergory

regards
Derek

To Holger.

Energy Determination ( 321.000 dwt. ) did not have much of a later life.

On 5th November 1979 she left Bonaire ( Netherlandse Antilles ) in ballast, for Das Island in the Persian Gulf. When travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, on 13th December 1979, she was ripped open by a very violent explosion in a tank on her starboard side.

The tanker was towed to a safe position, away from the shipping lanes. However, the fiercely burning tanker began to list and the superstructure collapsed. A few days later - on 15th December - she broke in two. The stern section containing the engine room and the accomodation sank, the forward section was towed to a position off Dubai, where it remained anchored for more than two years.

Finally, on 1st March 1982, she left Dubai, in tow, to be broken up in South Korea.

Kind regards
Jesper