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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Full_City.jpg/300px-Full_City.jpg) Full City
stranded on rocks outside of Langesund, Norway.
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History
|
Panama
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Name
| Full City
|
Owner
| The Roc Maritime Inc.
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Operator
| COSCO
HK
[1]
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Port of registry
|
Panama
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Builder
| |
Yard number
| 755
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Launched
| 9 August 1994
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Completed
| 1995
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Identification
| |
Notes
| [2]
[3]
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General characteristics
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Tonnage
| |
Length
| 167 m (548 ft)
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Beam
| 26 m (85 ft)
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Draught
| 9.54 m (31.3 ft)
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Propulsion
| Kobe Diesel 1D 2 SA 6 CY, 5 kW.
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Speed
| 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
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Notes
| [2]
[3]
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Full City
is a Panama-flagged
bulk carrier
made infamous by running aground after an engine failure during a storm at the island of Saastein (Sastein) outside
Langesund
,
Telemark
,
Norway
, spilling 700 tons of
heavy bunker fuel oil
in a sensitive wildlife refuge area on 31 July 2009.
[4]
Full City
was built by
Hakodate Dockyard Co. Ltd.
in
Hakodate, Hokkaid?
,
Japan
in 1995.
The vessel was pulled off the rocks and first towed to Stathelle, and later to Gothenburg
for full drydock repairs.
On 5 May 2011, as part of NATO's counter-piracy
Operation Ocean Shield
, the carrier
USS
Carl Vinson
, the cruiser
USS
Bunker Hill
, and the Turkish frigate
Giresun
responded to a distress call from
Full City
. An
Indian Navy
Tu-142
maritime patrol aircraft located
Full City
, and while
Giresun
boarded the merchant vessel,
Bunker Hill
intercepted a
dhow
believed to be the 'mothership' for the pirate attack.
Bunker Hill
'
s
VBSS
boarding party seized weapons and other equipment commonly used in piracy, and the boarding party also sank a small skiff being towed by the dhow.
Giresun
'
s boarding party found
Full City
'
s Chinese crew safe and in control of their ship.
[5]
[6]
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