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Wednesday 27 May 2015

German general cargo ship Purple Beach 1998-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 24 May 2015

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 24 May 2015 coming from Antwerp, Belgium
Marshall Islands, IMO 9138135, MMSI 538090223 and callsign V7FK3. Built at the Shanghai Shipyard, Shanghai, China in 1998. Owned by MACS Shipping abd managed by Vineta, Hamburg, Germany. Dimensions 181 x 27 x 11,4 metres, gross tonnage 23.401 tons, net tonnage 13.150 tons and summer deadweight 33.722 tons.

Reported on 27th May that she was 30 miles from Helgoland and on fire. Her crew abandoned the ship. It was feared that the cargo of fertilizers would explode.