Anne Mildred Brøvig
 The salvaged foredeck in the Wilhelmshaven lock
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The Anne Mildred Brøvig was a Norwegian oil tanker . Loaded with 40,000 tons of crude oil, the ship collided on February 20, 1966 39 nautical miles west of Heligoland in the fog with the 30 times smaller British coaster Pentland , which had loaded whiskey in barrels.
Data about the ship
The Anne Mildred Brøvig had a length of 213 m, a width of 29 m and a draft of 14.8 m. She was measured with 25,454 GRT and had a load capacity of 40,915 tons.
Average and recovery
The Anne Mildred Brøvig was slit in the accident on the starboard side at the level of the engine room and the tank 10th The leaking oil ignited and set fire to the aft ship, which sank to the seabed at a depth of 38 meters. The forecastle was still sticking out of the water. About 16,800 tons of oil flowed into the North Sea . The Pentland also caught fire, but could be extinguished. The leak in the forecastle that occurred during the collision was sparingly sealed and the ship was able to enter the next port on its own. The 45-man crew of the tanker was rescued by rescue helicopters.
The Dutch company Smit Tak International Salvage Company was commissioned to salvage the ship . At the Rescue who were salvaging ships Bison and Bever , and the tractor Polzee the company Smit Tak, the pumping ship Gudrun Bonertz , two coastal tankers and a ship then designated yet as emulsifiers dispersing agents involved the first generation. After initial investigations, it turned out that the stern had already buried itself around twelve meters into the seabed and threatened to break off. It was then blown off the rest of the ship. Divers sealed off all openings on deck at the front and brought out both anchors to secure them. Then the starboard side tanks 1 and 2 were pumped empty. After some aft tanks had been emptied and the forepeak and the forward cargo tanks had been filled with water and air, the forecastle floated up again. It was towed to Heligoland with a remaining load of around 25,000 tons. There another 5,000 tons of oil were pumped out and then brought to a dock in Wilhelmshaven . After further securing work, the Anne Mildred Brøvig went to Hamburg with 20,000 tons of crude oil in tow . The entire recovery took 50 days.
In 1968 the ship was sold to the Dubai Petroleum Company and converted into a floating tank farm in Hamburg. As Majmaa No. 1 it was towed to Dubai between September and October 1968 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oil spillage and recovery of the tanker "Anne Mildred Brøvig". In: Helgoländer Scientific Marine Investigations, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 358-361, doi : 10.1007 / BF01610537 .
- ↑ Der Spiegel, November 1966 ( online )
Web links
- Anne Mildred Brøvig , at sjohistorie.no (Norwegian)