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Created: 2024-05-13 3:36:04 PM
Last Edited: 2025-01-12 10:37:53 PM

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Emil Reith (1973/08)

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6903022

Details/Construction
Builder:	Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser A.G.	Location:	Bremerhaven, Germany	Hull #:	470
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1968/09/23	Commissioned:	1968/12

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Deutz RBV8M358 8-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	2140 bhp (1574 kW) - 13.75 knots
	Manufacturer:	Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG - Koeln, Germany

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	88.45 m (290.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1834
	Length (lbp):	82.0 m (269.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1133
	Beam:	13.64 m (44.8 ft)	Dead Weight:	2866
	Depth:	6.2 m (20.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	5.206 m (17.1 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
"Bellatrix" Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft Reith & Company - Germany		1968/12	1978/04
"Eme" Shipping Corporation - Singapore		1978/04	1978/12
Orlanda Reederei GmbH - Germany		1978/12	1981
Thetis Shipping Company Pte. Ltd. - Singapore		1981	1982
Emilia Shipping S.A. - Panama		1982	1984
Emma Shipping Trust - St. Vincent		1984	1987
Mercantile Shipping Company Ltd. - Sri Lanka	Reederei Eugen Friederich Bereederungs u. Befrachtungs GmbH	1987	2000/06

Fleet	From	Until
Mercantile Shipping Company Ltd. - Colombo, Sri Lanka	1987	2000/06

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Emil Reith	1978/04
Emil P.	1978/12
Eme	1981
Luzon	1982
Emilia K.	1983
Global	1984
Najla	1987
Mercs Uhana	2000/06

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
	Hamburg, Germany	DIDE		1968/12	1981
381530	Singapore			1981	1982
	Panama City, Panama			1982	1984
	Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	J8BR		1984	1987
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	4QUF		1987	2000/06

Description

Attacked by Tamil Tiger rebels on 26 June 2000 on Northern Sri Lanka. Her gas oil tanks were hit by gunfire and subsequently burst and caught fire. 22 of the 27 crew were rescued. She sank the following day 48 miles off Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. She was on a passage from Colombo on the west coast of Sri Lanka for Trincomalee on the east coast of the island of Sri Lanka with foodstuffs (possibly rice or grains)

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Sank 48 Miles NE of Point Pedro, Sri Lanka		Date:	2000/06/27

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