MV ''FAS Provence'' was a

cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...

that sank in January 2012 off the coast of Malta. She was built in 1986 by Rickmers Reismühlen in Bremerhaven, Germany as MV ''Britta Thien'', and sailed under the German flag for two years. She did not operate between 1988 and 1997, when she was renamed and reflagged as a Bahamian ship. She sank on 13 January 2012, about offshore from Fort Delimara, during a storm in the Mediterranean Sea while unmanned and under tow. At the time of her sinking, she was operated by Döhle (IOM) Ltd. ''FAS Provence'' had a

gross tonnage Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weigh ...

of 6,071 and a deadweight tonnage of 8,050 tonnes. She measured in length and had a beam of . She was powered by a single diesel engine, and had a speed of sixteen knots.

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