| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MV Morning Glory (formerly MV Gulf Glory, MV Bandar Ayu,[1] MV Pergiwati[1]) |
| Owner | National Oil Corporation, Libya[2] or other unknown[3] |
| Operator | unknown[3] |
| Port of registry | unknown |
| Completed | 1993 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | As rogue vessel captured by US Navy SEALs on 3-16-2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 21,804 gt 35,583 dwt[4] |
| Length | 179.9m |
| Beam | 28.1m |
MV Morning Glory, formerly Gulf Glory, Bandar Ayu, and Pergiwati, is a 1993-built crude oil tanker.[5] Considered a stateless vessel with stolen cargo, the tanker was seized by United States Special Operations Forces southeast of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean on March 16, 2014.[6] The intervention occurred upon the request of the Libyan and Cypriot governments.[6]
As Gulf Glory the vessel had previously sailed under Liberian registry. In 2011, the Morning Glory was repaired at the CIC Changxing Shipyard, China.[7]
- ^ a b c Marine Traffic
- ^ "Navy SEALS board, take control of rogue Libya tanker". Fox News. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ a b Joshua Keating (2014-03-19). "The Increasingly Weird Morning Glory Story". Slate. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "Morning Glory". vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Lloydslist information". Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ a b David D Kirkpatrick (2014-03-17). "U.S. Navy SEALs Take Control of Diverted Oil Tanker". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ "China: CIC Changxing Shipyard Repairs Oil Tanker MV Morning Glory". Shipbuilding Tribune. 2011-08-24. Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2014-03-18.