Belgian ships archive Name : SS Esso Belgium (2) Callsign : ONEU Type : s/s.Tanker IMO nr : 1190246 Company : Esso Standard In service : 1955-1959 Flag  :  Belgium Homeport  :  Antwerp Build  :  1949 Build by  :  Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company,Chester,Penn. Yard Number  :  568 Tonnemaat  :  brt.17483 nrt.10885 dwt.25566 Speed  :  16 kn Engine  :  2 steam turbines DR by General Electric co Mass. 12500 CVI 8500 IPK Previous names  :  Imperial Alberta,Imperial Oil Shipping Company Ltd.Halifax New names  :  Esso Belgium (Esso Belgium,Panam Transport Co.) 1959-1961   :  Petromar Buenos Aires (S.A.de Naviera Petromar,Buenos Aires) 1961-1961 19/02/1961 Collision with Danish Pennsylvania,Burnt out. 05/04/1961 C.T.L. 26 victims Captains  :   :  Vanderperre C. zie Nautilus September 1955--October 1955   :  Janssens E. zie Nautilus November 1955   :  Grymonprez J. zie Nautilus December 1955   :  Janssens E. zie Nautilus December 1955--Februari 1956   :  Vanderperre C. zie Nautilus Maart 1956   :  Janssens E. zie Nautilus September 1956   :  Depreter M. zie Nautilus December 1956--September 1957   :  Colson E. zie Nautilus Juli 1958   :  Loze J. zie Nautilus Juni 1959 te/t ESSO BELGIUM (2) 17884 blt 1949 Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester (Pennsylvania) (568) C 04.1949 10635 n, 26525 dwt 628.0 x 82.10 x 32.2 ft (191,40 x 25,20 x 12, 98 m) 2 steam turbines DR geared to sc. shaft by General Electric C?,Lynn. Mass. 16 kn 12500 CVI 8500 IPK 30 tanks (10 central, 20 lateral) crew  :   48 49-55 IMPERIAL ALBERTA Imperial Oil Shipping Co., Ltd, Halifax Ca/ (W.L. Smeltzer, mgr) 23.6.1955 transferred and taken by Belgian crew at Baltimore. Left Baltimore on 25.6.1955 to load at Sidon for Antwerp 55-57 ESSO BELGIUM Esso Standard (Belgium) SA, Antwerp Belgium 22.7.1955 arrived at Antwerp 57-59 ESSO BELGIUM Esso Marine SA, Antwerp Belgium 16.12.1959 sold 19.12.1959 left Antwerp as Panamean bound for Puerto La Cruz. 59-61 ESSO BELGIUM Panama Transport Co, Panama Panama 61-61 PETROMAR BUENOS AIRES Esso SA Petrolera Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina 19.2.1961 collision with Danish ms PENNSYLVANIA (5510/59 Det Forenede Dampskibsselskab A/S) in dense fog, exploded and burned, beached near Km 217 River Parana, o/v Comodoro Rivadavia-Campana with crude. Fire extinguished 30.3 but declared CTL on 5.4. 26 victims. PENNSYLVANIA was o/v Rosaria-Brazil. 1 crew lost.