Francop: Antiguan-flag Boxship enters Ashdod

Antigua and Barbuda flag Francop seized

Ashdod
The ship, the Francop, a commercial vessel operating under the guise of an aid ship, captained by a Pole and flying an Antiguan flag was towed to the southern Israeli port of Ashdod, where the weapons were being unloaded. The vessel is operated by United Feeder Services, a Cyprus-based shipping company that said it picked up the cargo in Damietta, Egypt. The cargo included rockets, grenades, mortar shells and missiles.
Service in/out Limassol will be performed by ‘Francop’, -UFS newsletter 44

"This could be bigger than Karin-A," a military source said.

Operation Noah's Ark (Hebrew: מבצע תיבת נוח‎, Mivtza Teyvat Noah) was an Israeli military action in January 2002 in which they seized Karine A, a Palestinian freighter in the Red Sea. The vessel was found to be carrying 50 tons of weapons, including twelve-mile-range Katyusha rockets, antitank missiles, and high explosives.




* Name: FRANCOP
* MMSI: 305234000
* IMO: 9277412
* Call sign: V2DJ5
* Flag: Antigua and Barbuda
* Vesseltype: Cargo Ship
* Width: 22 m
* Length: 137 m

build 2003
speed 18

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TALI
IMO NUMBER
5281049
VESSEL TYPE
CARGO
HULL TYPE
SINGLE HULL
GROSS TONNAGE
1.458 tons
SUMMER DWT
2.425 tons
BUILD
1957
BUILDER
SSW SCHICHAU SEEBECK SHIPYARD BREMERHAVEN - GERMANY
FLAG
TOGO
MANAGER/OWNER
TALI QUEEN SHIPPING TOGO
VESSEL DETAILS

DIMENSIONS
BREADTH EXTREME
10,88 m

BREADTH MOULDED
10,80 m

DEPTH
6,57 m

DRAUGHT
5,22 m

FREEBOARD
1.350,0 mm

LENGTH B/W PERPENDICULARS
75,88 m

LENGTH OVERALL
82,00 m

LENGTH REGISTERED
76,36 m
TONNAGES
NET TONNAGE
800,00 tons
COMMUNICATION
CALL SIGN
5VAA3
HISTORICAL INFO
YARD NUMBER
400
HISTORICAL INFO

FORMER NAMES
since 2008 May 29 LAVINIA

since 1995 Aug 01 INGELA

since 1990 May 16 IREEN

since 1987 Aug 28 WESTLILL

since 1982 Jul 23 IREEN

since 1978 Jul 29 IRENE

since 1975 Oct 14 AUGUSTE SCHULTE

since 1968 Dec 31 POLCHOW
FORMER FLAGS
since 1995 Jul 31 HONDURAS

since 1990 May 16 SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES

since 1987 Aug 28 PANAMA

since 1978 Jul 29 GERMANY