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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
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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