"RARAU" Romanian;
motor stern trawling fish factory;
Ministerul Industriei Alimentare (Intreprinderea de Pescuit
Oceanic);
1972;
Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk; 2,681; 88.02 x 14.53 x 9.73
metres.
Over nine years after
the loss of the "Torrey
Canyon" in the same area, the Romanian motor
stern trawling
factory ship "Rarau"
was wrecked when she ran aground on the north rock of
the Seven
Stones
Reef, off the Isles of Scilly, on September 29, 1976. All of
her
enormous
complement of 84 men was safely rescued by another Romanian
fish
factory, the "Moldoveanu",
when her engine-room and holds flooded. They were then
landed at
Falmouth. The "Rarau"
subsequently
slipped
off the reef a week later and sank in deep water.
(from
Maritime Casualties 1963-1996 by N.Hooke)
01.02.1981 -
"HARGHITA"
Romanian; motor
stern-trawling fish factory;
Ministerul Industriei Alimentare (Intreprinderea de Pescuit
Oceanic);
1974; Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina, Gdansk;
2,632; 88.30 x 15.04 x 9.76 metres.
On February 1, 1981, while
in the Romanian River Danube port of Tulcea, an
explosion occurred in the engine-room of the Romanian motor
stern-trawling fish
factory "Harghita".
One
crew
member died and another three suffered
serious injuries. Having sustained hull damage
due to the explosion, the vessel sank to the bottom of the
river. She
was
subsequently declared a constructive total loss. (from
Maritime
Casualties 1963-1996 by N.Hooke)
08.03.1985 -
"POSTAVARUL" Romanian;
motor stern-trawling fish factory;
Government of Romania; 1984; Santierul Naval Braila, Braila;
3,971;
101.78 x 15.24 x 9.76 metres.
The one-year-old
Romanian motor
stern-trawling fish factory "Postavarul"
sank following a collision in bad
visibility with the Ivory Coast
motor vessel "Ono"
off the coast of Mauritania
in lat. 19°57'N, long. 17°25'W, on March 8, 1985. Two of her
85 crewmen
were lost.
The "Postavarul"
had an insured $12.09m (£11.51m).
(from Maritime Casualties 1963-1996 by N.Hooke)
07.10.1987 -
"SEMENIC" Romanian;
motor
stem
trawling fish factory; Intreprinderea de Pescuit Oceanic;
1973;
Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina, Gdansk; 2,632 grt; 88.65 x
15.04 x 7.45.
As a result of the
severity of the damage
sustained due to a fire that broke out in the engine-room
and then
spread to
the superstructure of the 14-year-old motor stern-trawling
fish factory "Semenic"
while fishing off Namibia on October 7, 1987, she
was subsequently settled as a
constructive total
loss. During the fire-fighting operations, she also
sustained serious
damages
to her hull due to salvage vessels
coming alongside in the open sea. The "Semenic"
was
loaded with refrigerated fish
and fishmeal at the time of the incident. The "Semenic"
was
towed firstly to Walvis Bay, where
provisional repairs were effected for
safety purposes during November and December, 1987, then to
Romania,
where she remained for a lengthy period in an unrepaired
state. She was
eventually sold to Turkish shipbreakers for scrapping, being
towed to
Aliaga in
April, 1994. Demolition commenced on May 2, 1994.
(from Maritime Casualties 1963-1996 by N.Hooke)
