SS Esso Brussels

History
Belgium
Name	Esso Brussels (1959–73) Petrola XVII (1973–74) Spiro (1974–75) Petrola XXXVI (1976–83) Petrola 36 (1983–85)
Owner	Esso Marine (Belgium) SA (1959–73) Iphigenia Shipping & Trading Co (1973–75) John D Latsis (1975–76) Iphigenia Shipping & Trading Co (1976–85)
Operator	Esso Marine (Belgium) SA (1959–73) John D Latsis (1973–83) Bilinder Marine Corp (1983–85)
Builder	Kockums shipyard FH, Malmö, Sweden
Laid down	4 May 1959
Launched	26 October 1959
In service	1960
Out of service	21 October 1985
Homeport	Antwerp (1959–73) Piraeus (1973–85)
Identification	IMO number: 5107035
Fate	Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey 1985
General characteristics
Type	Oil Tanker
Tonnage	16,422 NRT 43,964 DWT
Length	213.12 m (699 ft 3 in)
Beam	29.65 m (97 ft 3 in)
Height	11.59 m (38 ft 0 in)
Installed power	Two steam turbines (12,309 kilowatts (16,507 hp)), double reduction geared.
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	17.25 knots (31.95 km/h)
Crew	52

Esso Brussels was a commercial oil tanker built for the Esso Oil company in 1959. She was involved in a collision in 1973 in which thirteen of her crew perished. She was rebuilt and sailed under various other names until being scrapped in 1985.