OS35 (bulk carrier)
bulk carrier
MV OS 35 was a bulk carrier registered in Tuvalu, a flag of convenience. It was attacked by pirates near Somalia in 2017, and was beached near Gibraltar after a ship collision in 2022. The ship was disposed of afterwards.
Description
OS 35 was a bulk carrier with five cargo holds, a length overall of 178 metres (584 ft 0 in) and a breadth of 28 metres (91 ft 10 in), built in 1999 at Shin Kurushima Toyohashi shipyard in Japan. It had a gross tonnage of 20,947 and a deadweight tonnage of 35,362. The vessel was built as Golden Harvest. Thereafter, as the ship changed hands, its name was changed to Addu Comet, JS Comet and finally OS 35.
2017 pirate attack
In April 2017, the ship was en route from Port Klang, Malaysia to Aden, Yemen. On 8 April 2017, approximately 147 nautical miles (272 km) southeast of Mukalla, Yemen, the ship was boarded by pirates. The crew stopped the engine, retreated into the citadel, and called for help.
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