MV Volgoneft-212
Volgoneft-212 in 2018 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Volgoneft-212 |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 2014: Kama Shipping |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Volgograd shipyard, Volgograd |
| Yard number | 908 |
| Completed | 15 December 1969 |
| Refit | 2024 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | broke in two, 15 December 2024 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Project 1577 oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 3,566 GRT, 1,760 NRT |
| Displacement | 6,513 tonnes |
| Length |
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| Beam | 16.9 m (55 ft) |
| Draught | 3.62 m (11.9 ft) |
| Depth | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 2 × diesel engines; 2 × 736 kW |
| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Crew | 22 or 23 |
MV Volgoneft-212 (Волгонефть-212) was a Project 1577 Volgoneft oil tanker that was built in the Soviet Union in 1969. She broke in two in a storm in the Kerch Strait in 2024, causing the 2024 Kerch Strait oil spill. Another Project 1577 tanker, Volgoneft-239, ran aground nearby in the same storm. Volgoneft-212 is not the first Project 1577 tanker to have broken in two in a heavy sea. Volgoneft-248 did so in similar circumstances in the Sea of Marmara in 1999.