BBC China

Career
Name: BBC China
Builder: Qingshan Shipyard Wuhan, China
Launched: 2001
Identification: IMO number: 9219082
Fate: Ran aground of South African east coast in 2004
General characteristics
Tonnage:5,548 DWT
Length:400 feet
Gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment recovered from the BBC China in Italy, en route to Libya, in 2003

MV BBC China was a 5,548 GT general cargo vessel.[1] In October 2003 the ship was diverted to Italy while carrying gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment to Libya.[2][3][4] In October 2004 it ran aground near Port Grosvenor in south Durban, was declared total loss and subsequently demolished with explosives.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ BBC China - IMO 9219082
  2. ↑ Robin Wright (January 1, 2004). "Ship Incident May Have Swayed Libya". Washington Post: A18. Archived from the original on Jan 2, 2004.
  3. ↑ Key U.S. Interdiction Initiative Claim Misrepresented
  4. ↑ "The Libyan connection". Y-12 Report 1 (1). Summer 2004.
  5. ↑ "'BBC China'".
  6. ↑ "B.B.C. China Salvage".
  7. ↑ "Cargo ship aground off Wild Coast". Ports & Ships. Oct 17, 2004.