Blue Magpie (ship)

History
Name	Blue Magpie
Owner	Jinyu Shipping Company
Port of registry	Panama
Builder	Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Hiroshima, Japan
Launched	1982
Identification	IMO number: 8217673
Fate	Wrecked at Newport, Oregon,; 19 November 1983;
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,801 GT; 7,060 DWT;
Length	110 metres (360 ft)
Crew	19

Blue Magpie was a 105-metre Japanese freighter owned by Jinyu Shipping Company. She was registered at Panama, and chartered to a Dutch corporation. In November 1983, she ran aground at Newport, Oregon, spilling 285,000 litres of crude oil into the coastal waters.

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