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{{Short description|Oil tanker attacked by Al Qaeda in 2002}}
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|Ship name=* ''Limburg'' (2000–2003)
* ''Maritime Jewel'' (2003–2018)
|Ship owner=  Tanker Pacific Management (2003)
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|Ship registry= * {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg
* {{flagicon|France}} France
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|Ship builder=[[Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering|Daewoo Shipbuilding]]
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|Ship laid down= 24 May 1999
|Ship launched= 28 August 1999
|Ship completed= 5 January 2000
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|Ship in service= 2000
|Ship out of service= 2018
|Ship identification= {{IMO|9184392}}
|Ship fate=[[Ship breaking|Broken up]] at [[Chittagong]] on 15 May 2018
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|Ship class=Crude oil [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]]
|Ship tonnage=* {{DWT|299,364}}
* {{GT|157,833}}
* {{NetT|108,708}}
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'''''Maritime Jewel''''' was a [[double-hulled tanker|double-hulled]] [[oil tanker]] launched in 1999 and completed in 2000. Entering service that year, the ship was known as '''MV ''Limburg''''' until 2003. The {{convert|332|m|ft|adj=on|0}} ship carried [[crude oil]] between ports in [[Iran]] and [[Malaysia]]. On 6 October 2002, ''Limburg'' was attacked by [[suicide bomb]]ers,{{how many|date=March 2020}} causing roughly {{convert|90000|oilbbl}} to leak into the [[Gulf of Aden]]. One crew member was killed and twelve more wounded in the attack. Four days after the attack, the tanker was towed to [[Dubai]] where she was repaired and renamed ''Maritime Jewel''. ''Maritime Jewel'' was [[Ship breaking|broken up]] for scrap at [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]] on 15 May 2018.

==Description==
Ordered as ''Limburg'' the vessel was {{convert|332.0|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} [[Length overall|long overall]] and {{convert|320.3|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} [[Length between perpendiculars|between perpendiculars]]  with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|58.0|m|ft|abbr=on|1}}. The ship's [[gross tonnage]] (GT) was 157,833 tons, with a [[deadweight tonnage]] (DWT) of 299,364 tons and a [[net tonnage]] (NT) of 108,708 tons. The ship was powered by a [[diesel engine]] driving one [[Propeller|shaft]] giving the vessel a maximum speed of {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=miramar> {{csr|register=MSI|id=9184392|shipname=Limburg|accessdate=15 August 2018}}</ref> 

==History==
''Limburg''{{'}}s [[keel]] was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 24 May 1999 and the ship was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 28 August 1999. ''Limburg'' was completed on 5 January 2000 and entered service that year.<ref name=miramar/>

===Bombing===
On 6 October 2002, ''Limburg'' was carrying {{convert|397000|oilbbl|m3}} of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia, and was in the Gulf of Aden off [[Yemen]] to pick up another load of oil. She was [[Ship registry|registered]] under a French flag and had been chartered by the Malaysian petrol firm [[Petronas]]. While she was 3 km off the port of [[Al-Shihr]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://wwz.cedre.fr/en/Resources/Spills/Spills/Limburg  |title=Limburg |work=Cedre |accessdate=5 March 2023}}</ref> suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden [[dinghy]] into the [[starboard]] side of the tanker.<ref name="savage.plea">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/us/guantanamo-detainee-ahmed-muhammed-haza-al-darbi.html?_r=0  |first=Charles |last=Savage |title=Guantánamo Detainee Pleads Guilty in 2002 Attack on Tanker Off Yemen |work=The New York Times |date=20 February 2014 |accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref> Upon detonation the vessel caught fire and approximately {{convert|90000|oilbbl}} of oil leaked into the Gulf of Aden.{{not in source|date=October 2019}}<ref name=OilandGasIndustryTerrorismMonitorMVLimburg>{{cite news |url=http://www.ogi-tm.com/ogi_threats_st.php |title=A Synopsis of the Terrorist Threat Facing the O&G Industry |work=[[Oil and Gas Industry Terrorism Monitor]] |accessdate=26 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325231204/http://www.ogi-tm.com/ogi_threats_st.php |archivedate=25 March 2007}}</ref><ref name=HomeOfficeLimburg>{{cite news |url=http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/prevention-terrorism-act-2005/Paper1?view=Binary  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904000721/http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/prevention-terrorism-act-2005/Paper1?view=Binary  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=4 September 2008  |title=International Terrorism: The Threat |publisher=[[Home Office|United Kingdom Home Office]]  |accessdate=26 December 2007}}</ref> Although Yemeni officials initially claimed that the explosion was caused by an accident, later investigations found traces of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]] on the damaged ship.

One crew member was killed, and twelve other crew members were injured.<ref name=Bbc20061001>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5396862.stm | title=Al-Qaeda fugitive killed in Yemen | work=[[BBC News]] | date= 1 October 2006 | accessdate=26 December 2007}}</ref> The fire was extinguished, and four days later ''Limburg'' was towed to Dubai, [[United Arab Emirates]]. The ship was renamed ''Maritime Jewel'', bought by Tanker Pacific, and repaired at [[Dubai Drydocks]] from March to August 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dubai Drydocks continues its drive forward|date=1 August 2003|url=http://www.motorship.com/news101/industry-news/dubai-drydocks-continues-its-drive-forward|website=The Motorship|publisher=Mercator Media Ltd|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Company Profile: Dubai Drydocks |url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/drydocks-profile-company324803 |website=MarineLink |publisher=Maritime Activity Reports, Inc |date=9 September 2003}}</ref> The attack caused the short-term collapse of international shipping in the Gulf of Aden and as a result, cost Yemen [[United States dollar|$]]3.8 million a month in port revenues.<ref name=MIPT2006>{{cite news | url=http://www.tkb.org/documents/Downloads/2006-MIPT-Terrorism-Annual.pdf |title=The MIPT Terrorism Annual 2006 |page=26 |publisher=[[Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism]] | first1=Rollie |last1=Lal |authorlink1=Rollie Lal |first2=Brian A. |last2=Jackson |first3=Peter |last3=Chalk |authorlink3=Peter Chalk |first4=Farhana |last4=Ali |authorlink4=Farhana Ali |first5=William |last5=Rosenau |authorlink5=William Rosenau |year=2006 | accessdate=25 February 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824072843/http://www.tkb.org/documents/Downloads/2006-MIPT-Terrorism-Annual.pdf | archivedate=24 August 2006}}</ref>

====Responsibility====
[[Al Qaeda]] claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jehad.net website, which has since been shut down. [[Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri]], who allegedly also masterminded the [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]], was charged by US military prosecutors for planning the attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8879578/USS-Cole-bombing-mastermind-arraigned-in-Guantanamo.html|title=USS Cole bombing 'mastermind' arraigned in Guantánamo|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2011-11-09|access-date=2019-05-10|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> [[Osama bin Laden]] issued a statement, which read:
{{quote|By exploding the oil tanker in Yemen, the holy warriors hit the umbilical cord and lifeline of the crusader community, reminding the enemy of the heavy cost of blood and the gravity of losses they will pay as a price for their continued aggression on our community and looting of our wealth.<ref name=MIPT2006/>}} 

On 3 February 2006, [[Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee]], who had been [[capital punishment in Yemen|sentenced to death]] for the ''Limburg'' attack,{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} and 22 other suspected or convicted Al-Qaeda members escaped from jail in Yemen. Among them was [[Jamal al-Badawi]], who masterminded the USS ''Cole'' bombing of 12 October 2000. Of the 23 escapees, 13 had been convicted of the ''Cole'' and ''Limburg'' bombings.<ref name=Bbc20060204>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4682214.stm  | title=Hunt on for Yemeni jailbreakers | work=[[BBC News]] | date= 4 February 2006
| accessdate=10 February 2008}}</ref> On 1 October 2006, al-Rabeiee and [[Mohammed Daylami]] were shot and killed by Yemeni security forces during raids on two buildings in the capital [[Sana'a]]. One of al-Rabeiee's [[accomplice]]s was also arrested during the raids. In February 2014 [[Ahmed al-Darbi]] pleaded guilty before the [[Guantanamo military commission]] to helping plan several maritime [[terrorist]] attacks including the ''Limburg'' attack. By the time of the attack, al-Darbi was already detained at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]].<ref name="savage.plea"/>

===Fate===
''Maritime Jewel'' was [[Ship breaking|broken up]] for scrap at Chittagong, Bangladesh on 1 May 2018.<ref name=miramar/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2324431.stm Yemen ship attack 'was terrorism'] (BBC)
* [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/191791/1/.html "Interpol issues global alert after Al-Qaeda prison break in Yemen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208023405/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/191791/1/.html |date=8 February 2006 }} (Channelnewsasia)
* [https://plus.google.com/photos/107965097613309643847/albums/5829141336912461489 Repairs post 2002 terrorist attack off Yemen] (Google + photo album)

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