Sea Witch (container ship)
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Sea Witch was a container ship which was involved in a serious collision in New York in 1973 with the oil tanker
Oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries...
Esso Brussels
Esso Brussels
Esso Brussels was a commercial oil tanker built for the Esso Oil company in 1959. She was involved in a collision in 1973 in which thirteen of her crew perished. She was rebuilt and sailed under various other names until being scrapped in 1985....
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"Flames from the burning oil radiated 200 feet out from both ships." Thirteen crew members of the Esso Brussels and the master and two crew members of the Sea Witch perished.
Sea Witch was rebuilt and sails under the name Chemical Pioneer.