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Name: World Knight
IMO No: 7377335
Built: 07/1975
Type: Tanker
Status: 1984-Total Loss in Iran-lrak-War; 1984-Knight; Demolished 1985
SubType: Crude
Flag: Liberia
DWT: 258,434
Draft: 19.99
Builder: Sasebo Heavy Ind., Co., Ltd., Sasebo, Japan (226)
GT: 114,573
LOA: 339.48/323.99
Owner: World Tankers Management
NT: 94,645
Beam: 53.55
Speed/Cons: 14.75/-
Class: -
Depth: 25.68
Engine Type: Steam turbines, 26480 kW
Cubic: -
Ship Report for "WORLD KNIGHT"
IDNo:
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7377335
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Year:
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1975
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Name:
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WORLD KNIGHT
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Launch Date:
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26.02.1975
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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1975
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Flag:
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LBR
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Keel:
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DWT:
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258434
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Yard No:
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226
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Length overall:
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339.5
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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324.0
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Country of build:
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Beam:
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53.6
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Builder:
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Sasebo H.I.
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sasebo
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-15.5
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Owner as Completed:
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Liberian Argo Tpts Inc.
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Subsequent History:
1984 KNIGHT
Disposal Data:
Hit by Iraqi Exocet missile, 28.30 N / 50.25 E, 8 October 1984 (9 dead)
& scrapped at Kaohsiung 31.01.1985
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Name change
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Main Owner
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7377335
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7377335
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1975
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WORLD KNIGHT
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114573
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Liberian Argo Tpts Inc.
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7377335
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7377335
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1975
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KNIGHT
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114573
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1984
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Smit Tak Intnl., B.V.
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Additional info :
T.T. KNIGHT, 7377335, 1984-1985 VLCC
Built in 1975, Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Yard Sasebo, Sasebo (#226)
114.573 GRT, 94.645 NRT, 258.437 DWT
339.48 (323.99) x 53.55 x 25.68 x 19.990 meter.
311.366 m3, 9241 tonnes of bunkers, consumption 170.5 tons / day, 15.25 knots.
36000 MOT, 26.480 hp, 2 turbines, Mitsubishi Industries Ltd Heavu., Nagasaki.
26-02-1975 launched as WORLD KNIGHT, 1975 delivered to (NK) Liberians Argo Transports Inc.., Monrovia,
Liberia, World-Wide Shipping Agency Ltd.
KNIGHT WORLD, 1983 as sold to Libmar Four Inc.., Monrovia, Liberia.
8-10-1984, 40 miles south of Kharg Island hit by an Iraqi missile, position 28.30 N. and 50.25 OL., then fire broke
out in which the 6 crew members died, 14-10-1984 arrived in Dubai, declared total-loss purchased by Smit Tak
International Towage & Salvage Co. BV, 12-12-1984 departed Dubai as KNIGHT behind the tug RED SEA
to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 31-1-1985 arrived in Kaohsiung to be scrapped.