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Mobil Raven (1) - (1976-1977)
Unfortunaly no picture available, anyone ?????

See her as : Al Qasim - (1977-1983)

Mobil Raven
LOA 1 067' Beam 155‘ Draught 15.5 m ex BERGEMASTER 1976 212,759 SDWT ex MARTICIA 1976
Built 1970 by Nederland Dok and Schips, Amsterdam, Holland. As the vessel was too large for the shipyard and locks, she was built in two sections and then joined together while a?oat. Although this has been done many times since, at the time it was considered to be very innovative and generated a lot of interest throughout the marine industry....
The vessel was powered by a Stal-Laval AP turbine unit which incorporated an epicyclic gear box developing 28,000HP.
She was delivered to Mobil Overseas Shipping Company in July 1976 and time chartered to Petrofina in August 1976. In 1977 she was sold to Arabian International Maritime Company and renained AL QUASIM.
Scrapped in 1983.

The Miramar Ship Index for
MARTICIA
IDNo / IMO
7019062
Year
1970
Name
MARTICIA
Flag
GBR
Owner
Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd.
Type
Tanker
Tons
104561
DWT
209400
LOA
325,30
LPP
310,60
Beam
47,20
Draft
18,98
Machinery
1ST-16
ShipDesign
VLCC
Builder
Nederlandsche SB
Yard
Amsterdam
Yard No
537
Country built
NLD
Keel
[  Forepart launched 16.05.1970 ]
Launch
28.02.1970
Completed
01.08.1970
Subsequent History
1976 BERGEMASTER - Sig.Bergesen d.y.& Co.
1976 MOBIL RAVEN - Mobil Overseas Sg Co.
1977 AL QASIM - Arabaian International Maritime Co.
End
1983
Disposal Data
Scrapped at  Kaohsiung 11.11.1983, work began 08.12.1983 [ By Sun-Hua Enterprise Co. ]