# M/V Elli, A Crude Oil Tanker's Broken Back - Incident Photo Of The Week

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**Created:** [September 13, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/m-v-elli-a-crude-oil-tankers-broken-back-incident-photo-of-the-week/2267 "2009-09-13T21:04:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/e/1/e17bf2cdb48f7bcd4d529fdaa3a9e36c70d9359e.png) [@system](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/m-v-elli-a-crude-oil-tankers-broken-back-incident-photo-of-the-week/2267/1 "2009-09-13T21:04:55Z")

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[![](http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tanker-elli-suez-canal-s.jpg)](http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tanker-elli-suez-canal.jpg)

Crude oil tanker M/V Elli broke… [Click HERE to read the full blog article.](http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/elli-crude-tankers-broken-incident/)

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**Author:** ![rjsteg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@rjsteg](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rjsteg)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/m-v-elli-a-crude-oil-tankers-broken-back-incident-photo-of-the-week/2267/2 "2009-09-14T04:13:36Z")

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How exactly does a boat break in half like that?

Just Curious,  
Randy

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**Author:** ![seadawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@seadawg](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadawg)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/m-v-elli-a-crude-oil-tankers-broken-back-incident-photo-of-the-week/2267/3 "2009-09-14T06:11:23Z")

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now that is what is known as “hogged et extremas”…load and discharge plans must have been written in english…suspect way too many “hogged out” loads and discharges!!

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**Author:** ![Capt\_Nemo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Capt\_Nemo](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/m-v-elli-a-crude-oil-tankers-broken-back-incident-photo-of-the-week/2267/4 "2009-09-14T08:06:41Z")

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A ship that length being incorrectly loaded and discharged, plus pitching and rolling enroute, has to cause metal fatigue. And you can’t drill stop a crack in THAT hull.

Hogging…I was captain on a triple-planked World War II minesweeper that had a hell of a hog when she was empty, but put half a million pounds of fish in the hold and she got pretty lines. The stern finally fell off of her.

Ugly sight, that ship. Hope nobody got hurt.

Nemo