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Independenta
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:39 pm
by john sefton
Tanker built 1978 Santierul Naval, Constanza.
88690Grt. 146.632Dw. L304m. B46m. Dr17m. 16Kn.
Rumania SG4481
LB 9/66. 11/84
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Re: Independenta
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:34 pm
by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
Built in 1978 by Santierul Naval, Constanta for NAVROM.
Tanker, Gt:88,690, Dw:150,000, L:283,01m. Br:46m. D:22,60m. draft:17m. MAN diesel engine:29,970 hp. 16 kn.
The INDEPENDENTA was the first of a serie of five Romanian supertankers which were constructed by Santierul Naval Constanţa in the 1980s. She was a 1977 Romanian-flagged crude oil carrier, the biggest ship of the Romanian commercial fleet at that time. She collided in 1979 with the Greek freighter EVRIALY at the southern entrance of Bosphorus, Turkey and exploded. She caught fire and grounded. From 17 to 27 November, there was slight leakage from the tanker. Another major explosion occurred onboard the vessel on the night of 6 December at 10:40 p.m., which resulted in more oil spillage.The slick from the vessel drifted towards the Port of Haydarpaşa, and the booms across its entrance could not prevent approximately 50 tons of oil entering the harbor. The tanker continued to burn until 14 December. Heavy oil contamination formed on the surface of the sea and on the heavily built-up shores and the recreational beaches of the Sea of Marmara and the Istanbul Strait.It was estimated that 30,000 tons of crude oil burned and that the remaining 64,000 tons spilled into the sea. Because of the rapid evaporation of the light components, the crude oil quickly sank to the bottom of the sea in an area approximately 5.5 km in diameter.
(Rumania 1979, 4,8 L. StG.4481)