Ievoli Sun
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Ievoli Sun was a chemical tanker chartered by Napolitan ship-owner Domenico Ievoli. On 31 October 2000, she sank at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., approximately Script error: No such module "convert". off the Casquets in the English Channel, with a 6,000-ton load, including 4,000 tons of styrene, 1,000 tons of methyl ethyl ketone and 1,000 tons of isopropyl alcohol.
History
The wreckage was caused by bad weather, and water intake at the bow, which filled the forward storage area and the bow thruster bay. The increase in weight caused a negative pitch, which worsened while more compartments filled.
A distress call was received by the CROSS at 04:30. At 07:17, a Super Frelon of the French Navy departed to evacuate the 14-man crew of the tanker, amid Script error: No such module "convert". winds. An hour later, the helicopter arrived on the scene, and evacuated the crew in 40 minutes. The tugboat Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". arrived and started tugging the tanker at Script error: No such module "convert". toward Normandy.
The next day in the morning, Ievoli Sun sank. The Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". were sent on the scene to reinforce Abeille Flandre and monitor pollution. Only small traces of chemicals were noticed.
References
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External links
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- Total Loss of the Italian Chemical Tanker Ievoli Sun in the English Channel - 30 October 2000 - Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer (Archive)
- Template:In lang Perte totale du navire Chimiquier italien IEVOLI SUN (Archive) and annexes (Archive, Alt). - Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer
- Template:In lang Naufrage du Ievoli Sun on polmar.com
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