Name BBC China Tonnage 5,548 DWT Length 122 m | Identification IMO number 9219082 Launched 2001 | |
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Builder Qingshan Shipyard Wuhan, China Fate Ran aground of South African east coast in 2004 | ||
MV BBC China was a 5,548 GT general cargo vessel. In October 2003 the ship was diverted to Italy while carrying gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment to Libya. In October 2004 it ran aground near Port Grosvenor in south Durban, was declared total loss and subsequently demolished with explosives.
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