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"Esso Purfleet (2)" up at Mode Wheel on the Manchester Ship Canal.( Photo thanks to David Pike )
"Esso Purfleet" at Southampton docks, during some repairs to her rudder.
( Photo thanks to Toby Young )
"Esso Purfleet".
"Esso Purfleet".
"Esso Purfleet".
"Esso Purfleet".
"Esso Purfleet".
( Photo Copyright Bob Scott )
"Esso Purfleet".
( John Sins collection )
"Thita Pegasus", ex. "Pirma Jemia", ex. "Esso Purfleet (2)", ancjoerd at Perama, Piraeus, Greece.
( Photo Copyright Peter J. Fitzpatrick )
"Africa", ex. "Sicilly", ex. El Miura", ex. ""Dabai Star", ex. "Rainbow", ex. "Thita Pegasus",
ex. "Pirma Jemia", ex. "Esso Purfleet", broken and sunken, at Milos Island.
"Africa", ex. "Sicilly", ex. El Miura", ex. ""Dabai Star", ex. "Rainbow", ex. "Thita Pegasus",
ex. "Pirma Jemia", ex. "Esso Purfleet", broken and sunken, at Milos Island.
( Photo thanks to Gianpaolo )
"Africa", ex. "Sicilly", ex. El Miura", ex. ""Dabai Star", ex. "Rainbow", ex. "Thita Pegasus",
ex. "Pirma Jemia", ex. "Esso Purfleet", broken and sunken, at Milos Island.
( Photo thanks to Gianpaolo )
The remains of the Africa", ex. "Sicilly", ex. El Miura", ex. ""Dabai Star", ex. "Rainbow", ex. "Thita Pegasus",ex. "Pirma Jemia", ex. "Esso Purfleet", broken and sunken, at Milos Island. September 7th, 2017.
( Photo thanks to Florian 1860 )
MarineNews of the WSS reports ;
AFRICA* (Sicily -93, El Miura, Dubai Star -91, Rainbow -87, Thita Pegasus -87, Prima Jemima -86, Esso Purfleet -83),
2,538/67 - bunkering tanker, owned by Triton Seatrade Ltd. (Seashore Management Ltd.), Cambodia. Reported 17/12/2003
to have drifted North West of Milos in heavy weather and a tug and helicopters were despatched to assist. The crew
were taken off by helicopter and she grounded on Milos Island and subsequently broke in two. Some reports suggest
she had been bound tor India for breaking up.