| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Histria Topaz |
| Owner | Histria Shipmanagement |
| Port of registry | Constanţa, |
| Ordered | 1985 |
| Builder | Constanța Shipyard |
| Yard number | 357 |
| Launched | 1987 |
| Completed | 1987 |
| In service | 1987 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 39,750 dwt |
| Length | 188.95 m (619 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 12.041 m (39 ft 6.1 in) |
| Depth | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 12,360 kW (16,580 hp) |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 44,884 m3 (282,310 bbl) |
| Crew | Romanian |
Histria Topaz is a chemical/oil products tanker owned by the Romanian shipping company Histria Shipmanagement and is registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands.
Histria Topaz was built by the Galați shipyard in 1987 as a 39,750 DWT ship used for the transportation of oil and oil products and chemical products. The ship is chartered by the Italian oil and natural gas company Eni.
Histria Topaz is equipped with a double hull, one two-stroke acting diesel engine MAN B&W 6S50MC-C with a capacity of 9,480 kW (12,710 hp) directly acting on the propeller shaft and a four-bladed fixed propeller built by Wärtsilä Propulsion Netherlands. It also has another three auxiliary MAN B&W 6L23/30H diesel engines with a capacity of 960 kW (1,290 hp) each. The ship has 14 hydraulically driven centrifugal deepwell Framo cargo pumps, 10 pumps with a capacity of 500 cubic metres (3,100 bbl)/hour, two pumps with a capacity of 200 m3 (1,300 bbl)/hour, one pump with a capacity of 100 m3 (630 bbl)/hour and one portable pump with a capacity of 150 m3 (940 bbl)/hour.
The ship is equipped with five manifolds, a discharge capacity of 3,000 m3 (19,000 bbl)/hour, a cargo handling capacity of 3,750 m3 (23,600 bbl)/hour, one Liebherr hose-handling crane with a reach of 22 m (72 ft), an Alfa Lawal JWSP-26-C100 freshwater conversion plant with a capacity of 30 m3 (1,100 cu ft)/day and a Jowa Bio STP3 sewage-treatment plant capable of sustaining 34 people. The ship has ten cargo tanks, two tanks with a capacity of 3,550 m3 (22,300 bbl), four tanks with a capacity of 4,900 m3 (31,000 bbl), four tanks with a capacity of 5,100 m3 (32,000 bbl) and two slop tanks with a capacity of 1,000 m3 (6,300 bbl).