Esso Brussels was a commercial oil tanker built for the Esso Oil company in 1959. She was involved in a collision in 1973 in which thirteen of her crew perished. She was rebuilt and sailed under various other names until being scrapped in 1985.
She was built at Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden and launched on 26 October 1959. Following outfitting, she entered commercial service transporting crude and refined oil products for the Esso Oil Company throughout Europe, Africa and North America. Built along classic lines with the bridge and the officer's quarters located amidships and the engines, crew quarters and aft deckhouse located toward the stern, Esso Brussels was a typical oil tanker in both size and design for her time.
The Esso Brussels dropped anchor in the southernmost anchorage of The Narrows in New York Harbor on May 30, 1973, fully loaded with 319,402 barrels (50,780.9 m3) of light Nigerian crude oil destined for Exxon's Bayway Refinery. While she waited for the high tide, her mixed European crew of 36 men and one woman, first steward Gisele Rome, under the command of Captain Constant Dert went about their daily routine into the evening of the 30th. When the 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. watch came on duty all seemed normal.
Here we go again, haven't
seen the fortuneand fame
Anything you haven't told
me yet, like being part
of a game
I like the way you're
telling me, you're gonna
meke me rich
Nothing happens still,
have I lost
Isolate, don't let it flow
Idolize my way, then
choose where to go
I wont stop
even though you do
I know there's something
wrong with your heart
Lies from the start
till the end
You never were my friend
And in the end you will see
how close you stand to me
I can't see an ending
Who will help me rise again
On the road to ruin
Save me, I believe in
nothing
Feed of my blood,
sit back and have a laugh
No need to pretend, I know
you're not my friend
The more I try the less
I get from you
No more, I cry, the mess
you put me though
I can't see an ending
Who will help me rise again
On the road to ruin
Save me, I believe in
nothing
There and back again,
memories of failure
and shame
Can you do anything right,
some things will never
change
I like the way you're pushing
me in your direction
Nothing matters now, you have lost
Isolate, don't let it flow
Idolize my way,
then choose where to go
I wont stop,
even though you do
I konow there's something
wrong with your heart
I can't see an ending
Who will help me rise again
On the road to ruin
Save me, I believe in
nothing
Can You see me
Who will help me up now
All alone here
Save me when