Maritime Jewel
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The Maritime Jewel is a double hull oil tanker built in 2000; its length is 332 metres (1,090 ft) and its width is 58 metres (190 ft). It was known as the Limburg until 2003.
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On October 6, 2002, the Limburg was carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil from Iran to Malaysia, and was in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen to pick up another load of oil. It was registered under a French-flag and had been chartered by the Malaysian petrol firm Petronas.
While it was some miles offshore, an explosives-laden dinghy rammed the starboard side of the tanker and detonated. The vessel caught on fire and approximately 90,000 barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf of Aden. One crewman was killed. Al-Qaeda was believed responsible for the attack, which was reminiscent of the USS Cole bombing in Yemen two years earlier.
The Limburg was repaired in Dubai for US$45 million; in 2003 it was sold to Tanker Pacific and renamed Maritime Jewel.
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