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The MV Prestige under emergency tow shortly before it sank in November 2002
History
Name	Prestige
Owner	Mare Shipping Inc.(1994-2002) Lancer Corporation (1988-1994) Monarch Tankers (1976-1988)
Port of registry	Nassau,  Bahamas (1994-2002)  Greece (1989-1994)  Liberia (1988)  Panama (1976-1988)
Route	Riga - Gibraltar - Singapore
Builder	Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.
Launched	10 December 1975
Completed	1976
Renamed	Gladys (1976-1988) Prestige (1988-2002)
Identification	IMO number: 7372141 ABS number: 7603948 MMSI Number: 308957000 Maritime call sign: C6MN6
Fate	Foundered 19 November 2002.
General characteristics
Type	Aframax Single-Hull
Tonnage	81,589 DWT 42,820 GT
Length	243 m (797 ft)
Beam	34.4 m (113 ft)
Draft	14 m (46 ft)
Depth	18.7 m (61 ft)
Installed power	1 X 900 KW Alternator 2 X 480 KW Alternators
Propulsion	Burmeister and Wain Type 8K84EF, 8 cylinder diesel, 14,711 KW
Speed	15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)
Crew	27
Notes	Use of Maltese Cross by ABS

The MV Prestige was an oil tanker owned by a Greek company based in Athens and operating under a Bahamian flag, that on 19 November 2002 sank off the coast of Galicia, Spain. The sinking caused a major environmental disaster, polluting thousands of miles of coastline with 50,000 tonnes of oil.

Design and construction

Prestige was a single-hulled oil tanker with a length overall of 243 metres (797 ft), a beam of 34.4 metres (113 ft), a hull depth of 18.7 metres (61 ft), and a draft of 14 metres (46 ft). It had a 42,820 GT and a total cargo capacity of 81,589 tonnes deadweight (DWT).

The ship was launched on 10 December 1975 and completed on 30 March 1976 by Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. At the time of its sinking, it was owned by Mare Shipping, and registered in the Bahamas.

See also

• List of oil spills worldwide
• Plataforma Nunca Máis
• Aegean Sea: another oil tanker that sank off the Galician coast in 1992

References

1. ^ Bahamas Maritime Authority (2004). Report of the investigation into the loss of the Bahamian registered tanker "Prestige" off the northwest coast of Spain on 19th November 2002 (PDF) (Report). Bahamas Maritime Authority. pp. 88, 89. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. ^ Ship Structure Committee. Case Study XII: Prestige (PDF) (Report). Ship Structure Committee. pp. 1–8.
3. "Spain Prestige oil spill disaster case in court". BBC News. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
4. "Prestige (7372141)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

External links

• Prestige at the Ministry of the Sea (Galicia) (Xunta de Galicia)
• The Prestige: one year on, a continuing disaster a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature
• Prestige Ship Structure Case Study

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Shipwrecks	19 Mar: Belmonte 17 May: USS Spiegel Grove 4 Jun: USS Hepburn 12 Jun: USS Wainwright 5 Jul: USS Rathburne 8 Jul: USS White Plains 10 Jul: USS Harold E. Holt 26 Sep: Le Joola 6 Oct: USS Okinawa 9 Oct: USS Towers 31 Oct: ROCS Dang Yang Oct: Elisabeth Smit 5 Nov: HMAS Hobart 19 Nov: Prestige Nov: ROCS Lao Yang 4 Dec: USS Caron 14 Dec: Tricolor Unknown date: Regina Maris
Other incidents	7 Jul: HMS Nottingham 22 Oct: Boka Star 6 Nov: HMS Trafalgar
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• Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation
• Shipwrecks of Spain
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• Maritime incidents in 2002