MV Horizon-1

History
Name	Horizon-1
Owner	Horizon Denizcilik İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş., Istanbul, Turkey[1]
Operator	Horizon Denizcilik İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş., Istanbul, Turkey[1]
Port of registry	Istanbul, Turkey[1]
Builder	Stocznia Gdynia Group, Gdynia, Poland[1]
Yard number	b515/5[1]
Launched	31 July 1979
Completed	1980[1]
Identification	IMO number: 7625732
Fate	Broken up 6 February 2011
General characteristics
Tonnage	21,630 GT 11,686 NT (net tonnage)[1] 33,693 DWT[1]
Length	176.72 m (579 ft 9 in) Length overall 169.23 m (555 ft 3 in) LBP[1]
Beam	27.51 m (90 ft 3 in) (extreme) 27.45 m (90 ft 1 in) (moulded)[1]
Draught	11.48 m (37 ft 8 in)[1]
Depth	15.80 m (51 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	1 fixed pitched solid propeller[1]
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1]
Crew	23

The MV Horizon-1 was a dry bulk cargo ship owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Horizon Denizcilik İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. (Horizon Maritime Trading Co.).

On July 8, 2009, the ship was captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.^[2] At the time of the seizure, the Horizon-1's crew consisted of 23 Turks including a female third officer.^[3] The vessel had experienced a hijacking attempt on March 19 the same year in that area.