World Glory
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The World Glory was an oil tanker operating under the Liberian flag that broke and sank in the Indian Ocean in June 1968 .
history
The ship was built under construction number 1639 at the shipyard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy , Massachusetts for the World Tankers Co. in Monrovia , Liberia. The client was the Greek shipowner Stavos S. Niarchos .
The ship was completed in August 1954. The ship was the largest tanker ever built in the United States and at the same time the largest tanker as well as one of the largest ships in the world and the first tanker with more than 45,000 t dwt . The ship sailed under the Liberian flag.
Average and sinking
 
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In June 1968 the ship, which was sailing on a time charter with the Gulf Oil Corporation, was on its way from Mina al Ahmadi in Kuwait to Huelva in Spain with 334,043 barrels of crude oil mixed with kerosene and gasoline . On the morning of June 13, 1968, the ship got caught in a severe storm off the east coast of South Africa . It broke into two parts around 65 nautical miles east-northeast of Durban behind the forward deckhouse . The stern section sank around two hours after the accident. The bow section drifted with the Agulhas Current about 40 nautical miles to the southwest before it sank. There were 34 crew members on board . 24 sailors were killed in the accident, ten were rescued by four ships the next day.
In the accident, oil leaked from the cargo tanks. The lighter components of the cargo caught fire. The oil spill spread over 130 miles, partially approaching the South African coast. It threatened large parts of the coast north of Durban and at times also the “St. Lucia Game Reserve “- today part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park - in northeastern South Africa.
The oil slick was initially fought from the air with fly ash , which was supposed to absorb and bind the oil. On June 16, the fight against the oil spill with dispersants from the air began. The fight against oil was supported by ships from June 19. It lasted until July 2nd.
Technical data and equipment
The ship was from a steam turbine with 15,000 hp power driven on a propeller worked. It reached a speed of 16 knots .
The deck superstructures were distributed over an area behind the first third of the ship's length. a. the bridge of the ship, as well as an area in the rear third of the ship, where the engine room was also located in the hull of the ship. The cargo tanks were located in front of the bridge house and between the superstructures. In the area of the cargo tanks behind the bridge house, two cargo booms were installed for the hose takeover.
literature
- Richard Petrow: World Glory. In: Popular Mechanics , July 1969, pp. 106-111 et al. Pp. 198-199.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c SS World Glory , Wrecksite. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ A b Ships Built for Greeks - Tankers (1948-2000) , Greek Shipping Miracle. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Worth of her name , Bethlehem Steel, Shipbuilding Division (JPG, 392 kB). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ Stavros S. Niarchos , Greek Shipping Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ↑ a b World Glory - Summary , Incident News, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ World Glory - Behavior of Oil , Incident News, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ World Glory - Countermeasures / Mitigation , Incident News, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
