MV London Statesman
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Name: | MV London Statesman (1963–79) |
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Builder: | Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla[1] |
Cost: | £1,310,000[2] |
Yard number: | 191[1] |
Launched: | 30 January 1963[1] |
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Identification: | UK official number 304576[1] |
Fate: | Damaged by Exocet missile in 1984[1] |
Status: | Scrapped[1] |
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Installed power: | 10,000 bhp[1] |
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Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)[1] |
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MV London Statesman was a dry cargo ship built by Uddevallavarvet AB, Uddevalla in Sweden for London & Overseas Freighters (LOF).[1] She was launched on 30 January 1963, completed on 26 June of that year[1] and cost just over £1.3 million.[2] LOF employed her on the tramp trade.
On 10 July 1972 during the Vietnam War the London Statesman was unloading a cargo of rice at Nha Trang in South Vietnam when her engine room flooded and she sank by the stern.[1] Sabotage by the Viet Cong was suspected.[1] On 31 July she was refloated and towed to Singapore for repairs.[1] She continued to trade with LOF until 1979.[1]
On 5 January 1979 LOF sold her to Diana Shipping Agencies who renamed her Agia Marina.[1] In 1981 Diana Shipping sold her to new owners who renamed her Olympiakos.[1] In 1983 she was sold again to OBI Island Maritime who renamed her Skaros.[1]
On 1 February 1984 during the Iran–Iraq War Skaros was one of four merchant ships in a convoy outward bound in the Bandar Imam Khomeini Channel.[5] Iraqi aircraft attacked the convoy with Exocet missiles, hitting all four ships.[5] Skaros was hit in the engine room and set on fire.[1] She was towed back to Bandar Imam Khomeini that same day, where her insurers declared her a total loss.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Sedgwick, Kinnaird & O'Donoghue 1993, p. 76
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sedgwick, Kinnaird & O'Donoghue 1993, p. 41.
- ↑ Sedgwick, Kinnaird & O'Donoghue 1993, p. 77.
- ↑ Sedgwick, Kinnaird & O'Donoghue 1993, p. 78.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Grimord 1986
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