Maritime Jewel

History
Name
  • Limburg (2000–2003)
  • Maritime Jewel (2003–2018)
OwnerTanker Pacific Management (2003)
Port of registry
  • Luxembourg Luxembourg
  • France France
BuilderDaewoo Shipbuilding
Yard number5125
Laid down24 May 1999
Launched28 August 1999
Completed5 January 2000
In service2000
Out of service2018
IdentificationIMO number: 9184392
FateBroken up at Chittagong on 15 May 2018
General characteristics
Class and typeCrude oil tanker
Tonnage
  • 299,364 DWT
  • 157,833 GT
  • 108,708 NT
Length
  • 332.0 m (1,089.2 ft) oa
  • 320.3 m (1,050.9 ft) pp
Beam58.0 m (190.3 ft)
Installed powerDiesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Maritime Jewel was a double-hulled oil tanker launched in 1999 and completed in 2000. Entering service that year, the ship was known as MV Limburg until 2003. The 332-metre (1,089 ft) ship carried crude oil between ports in Iran and Malaysia. On 6 October 2002, Limburg was attacked by suicide bombers,[quantify] causing roughly 90,000 barrels (14,000 m3) to leak into the Gulf of Aden. One crew member was killed and twelve more wounded in the attack. Four days after the attack, the tanker was towed to Dubai where she was repaired and renamed Maritime Jewel. Maritime Jewel was broken up for scrap at Chittagong, Bangladesh on 15 May 2018.