History
Amoco Milford Haven was built by Astilleros Españoles S.A in Cadiz, Spain, the twin sister ship to Amoco Cadiz, which itself sank in 1978. Launched in 1973, she worked various routes shipping crude oil from the middle east gulf. In 1987 she was hit by a missile in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War. Extensively refitted in Singapore, she was sold to ship brokers who leased her to Troodos Shipping, for whom she ran from Iran's Kharg Island to the Mediterranean.
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