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Tactic
And see "TACTIC" as : Actic
 "Tactic".
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 "Tactic".
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"Tactic".
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"Tactic", at Europoort, Rotterdam.
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"Tactic", at Europoort, Rotterdam.
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The Miramar Ship Index for
TACTIC
IDNo / IMO
7352696
Year
1974
Name
TACTIC
Flag
GRC
Owner
Moontide Sg., Co., S.A.
Type
Tanker
Tons
105422
DWT
237095
LOA
320,00
LPP
305,00
Beam
53,10
Dept
25,30
Draft
18,65
Machinery
1ST-16
kW
26856
ShipDesign
VLCC
Builder
Kawasaki Heavy Ind., Ltd.
Yard
Sakaide
Yard No
1210
Country built
JPN
Keel
09.1973
Launch
31.01.1974
Completed
24.05.1974
Subsequent History
1987 ACTIC - Smit-Tak Intnl B.V.
End
1987
Disposal Data
Hit by Iraqi rocket at 27.38 N / 51.18 E, on 28.01.1987 & scrapped at Kaohsiung 07.09.1987.

Note :
ACTIC 7352696 1987-1987 VLCC

Built 1974, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.., Sakaide (1210)
105,422 GRT 87,952 NRT 237,085 DWT
319.97 (305.01) x 53.07 x 25.30 x 19.654
19 tanks, 287,860 m3, 6.949,5 ton bunkers, consumption 176 tons / day, 16.25 kn.
2 watertube boilers, v.o. 2,172 m2, 73.6 bar.
SHP 36,000, 26,480 kW, 2 Steam Turbines, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.., Kobe.

31-1-1974 launched as TACTIC, 1974 Plan (LR) to Moontide Shipping SA, Panama, home port Piraeus, Greece, managed by Nereus Shipping SA, Piraeus for CM Lemos & Co.. Ltd.., London.
26-3-1982 arrived at Eleusis and layed up, 1986 back into the sea, 1st journey to Rotterdam, 15-6-1986 departed from the Europoort.
28-1-1987 during a trip from Kharg to Fujairah at about 115 miles south of Kharg Island hit by an Iraqi rocket, fire in the engine room which caused drifting into position 27.38 N. and 51.18 east., crew abandoned ship, getting dragged along by the tug SALVISCOUNT, 4-2-1987 arrived at the anchorage of Fujairah, 1987 purchased by Smit International.
Tugboat "Black Sea" BV, Rotterdam, flag: Netherlands, renamed ACTIC, which sold for demolition, 30-4-1987 departed from Fujairah to Taiwan, 7-9-1987 arrived in Kaohsiung to be scrapped.