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''Maritime Jewel'' is a double hull oil tanker built in 2000; her length is and her width is . It was known as ''Limburg'' until 2003. ==Bombing== On 6 October 2002, ''Limburg'' was carrying 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 within some distance offshore, an explosives-laden dinghy rammed the starboard side of the tanker and detonated. The vessel caught on fire and approximately of oil leaked into the Gulf of Aden.〔 〕〔 〕 Although Yemeni officials initially claimed that the explosion was caused by an accident, later investigations found traces of TNT on the damaged ship. One crew member, a 38-year-old Bulgarian named Atanas Atanasov, was killed, and 12 other crew members were injured.〔 〕 The fire was put out, and four days later ''Limburg'' was towed to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The damage to the tanker was around $45 million USD. The ship was sold to Tanker Pacific by 2003 under the new name ''Maritime Jewel'', who repaired her for $8.5 million USD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maritime Jewel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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