BBC China

History
Name:	BBC China
Builder:	Qingshan Shipyard Wuhan, China
Launched:	2001
Identification:	IMO number: 9219082
Fate:	Ran aground of South African east coast in 2004
General characteristics
Tonnage:	5,548 DWT
Length:	400 ft (120 m)

Gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment recovered from BBC China in Italy, en route to Libya, in 2003

MV BBC China was a 5,548 GT general cargo vessel.^[1] In October 2003 the ship was diverted to Italy while carrying gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment to Libya.^[2][3][4] In October 2004 it ran aground near Port Grosvenor in south Durban, was declared total loss and subsequently demolished with explosives.^[5][6][7]

References

1. BBC China - IMO 9219082
2. Robin Wright (January 1, 2004). "Ship Incident May Have Swayed Libya". Washington Post: A18. Archived from the original on Jan 2, 2004.
3. Key U.S. Interdiction Initiative Claim Misrepresented
4. "The Libyan connection". Y-12 Report 1 (1). Summer 2004.
5. "'BBC China'".
6. "B.B.C. China Salvage".
7. "Cargo ship aground off Wild Coast". Ports & Ships. Oct 17, 2004.