Pavlos V 
- Name
- Pavlos V
- Accident date
- 11/01/1978
- Location
- Italy
- Accident area
- off Sicily
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Fire
- Nature of pollutant
- fuel
- Quantity spilled
- 1, 500 tonnes
- Ship / structure type
- Tanker
- Built date
- 1951
- Flag
- Greek
On 11 January 1978, the Pavlos V was travelling from Wilhelmshaven (Germany) to Milazzo (Italy) when a fire broke out in the machine room.
The fire spread throughout the entire vessel and the crew had to abandon ship. Two men died in this accident.
The Italian tug Ciclope Secundo managed to extinguish the fire and began to tow the Pavlos V towards Italy. Unfortunately, the severely damaged tanker went on fire and finally sank on 6 February 1965 off the port of Trapani (Sicily).
Source:
- HOOKE, Norman, 1997, Maritime Casualties 1963-1996, second edition, LLP Limited, Londres