Blue Magpie (ship)

History
Name	Blue Magpie
Owner	Jinyu Shipping Company
Port of registry	Panama
Builder	Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Hiroshima, Japan
Launched	1982
Identification	IMO number: 8217673
Fate	Wrecked at Newport, Oregon,; 19 November 1983;
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,801 GT; 7,060 DWT;
Length	110 metres (360 ft)
Crew	19

Blue Magpie was a 105-metre Japanese freighter owned by Jinyu Shipping Company. She was registered at Panama, and chartered to a Dutch corporation.^[2] In November 1983, she ran aground at Newport, Oregon, spilling 285,000 litres of crude oil into the coastal waters.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "BLUE MAGPIE". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Oil spill endangers rare birds". The Montreal Gazette. 22 November 1983. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

[MT-1] "BLUE MAGPIE". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[montreal-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Oil spill endangers rare birds". The Montreal Gazette. 22 November 1983. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

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History

Name	Blue Magpie
Owner	Jinyu Shipping Company^[2]
Port of registry	Panama^[2]
Builder	Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Hiroshima, Japan^[1]
Launched	1982^[1]
Identification	IMO number: 8217673^[1]
Fate	Wrecked at Newport, Oregon, 19 November 1983^[2]
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,801 GT^[1] 7,060 DWT^[1]
Length	110 metres (360 ft)^[2]
Crew	19^[2]