MV Erika

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Erika as Intermar Prosperity at Orinoco River in 1979.
History
Malta[1]
Name	Erika
Owner	Tevere Shipping (Malta)
Operator	Panship
Builder	Kasado Dock Company, Japan
Launched	17 October 1974
Completed	1975[1]
Maiden voyage	1975
In service	1975
Out of service	12 December 1999
Renamed	Shinsei Maru (1975) Glory Ocean (1975–1977) Intermar Prosperity (1977–1984) South Energy (1984–1985) Jahre Energy (1985–1990) Prime Nobel (1990–1994) Nobel (1994–1996) Erika (1996–1999)
Identification	IMO number: 7377854[1] Call sign: 9HEZ3
Fate	Sunk on 12 December 1999
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker[1]
Tonnage	37,283 DWT[1]
Length	184 m (LOA)[2]
Draught	10.9 m[2]
Propulsion	Sulzer main engine, 13,200 horsepower

The MV Erika (formerly Shinsei Maru, Glory Ocean, Intermar Prosperity, South Energy, Jahre Energy, Prime Nobel and Nobel^[3]) was a tanker built in 1975 and last chartered by Total-Fina-Elf. She sank off the coast of France in 1999, causing a major environmental disaster.