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Gas Tanker Attacked in Gulf War

Considerable mystery surrounds the circumstances of the first attack on an LPG tanker, the Panamanian-registered 29,451 dwt Gaz Fountain, in the Gulf war. The tanker, operated by the Athens-based Naftomar Shipping and Trading Company, was sailing from Ras Tanura with a cargo of 19,500 tons of butane and propane when it was hit on 13 October at latitude 25 degs. 37mn. north, longitude 53 degs. 21 min. east in the Southern Gulf. The attack, according...