BBC China
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| Name: | BBC China |
| Builder: | Qingshan Shipyard Wuhan, China |
| Launched: | 2001 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9219082 |
| Fate: | Ran aground of South African east coast in 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 5,548 DWT[clarification needed] |
| Length: | 400 ft (120 m) |
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Gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment recovered from BBC China in Italy, en route to Libya, in 2003
MV BBC China was a 5,548 GT general cargo vessel.[1] In October 2003 the ship was diverted to Italy while carrying gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment to Libya.[2][3][4] In October 2004 it ran aground near Port Grosvenor in south Durban, was declared total loss and subsequently demolished with explosives.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ BBC China - IMO 9219082
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