Sinclair Petrolore
The Sinclair Petrolore was an oil tanker . It was completed in 1955.
The magnate Daniel K. Ludwig had the ship built. It was the sixth ship to be built by National Bulk Carriers Inc., Kure Shipbuilding Division. Its length was 240 meters. It was the largest cargo ship of its time. The drive unit was second-hand, built in 1936.
The ship exploded and sank off Brazil on December 6, 1960. About 60,000 tons of crude oil were released.
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Davis Whittaker, Jr .: Ships built by Daniel K. Ludwig and National Bulk Carriers. ( online )
- ^ A. Davis Whittaker, Jr .: National Bulk Carriers Ships: SS Sinclair Petrolore. ( online )
- ^ Dagmar Schmidt Etkin: Largest Oil Spills Worldwide. ( online ; PDF; 178 kB)
- ↑ Jack Devanney: The Tankship Tromedy. The Impending Disasters in Tankers. ( online ; PDF; 3.2 MB)
- ↑ Jack Devanney: The Strange History of Tank Inerting. ( online ; PDF; 393 kB)