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MV Doña Paz was a Japanese-built and Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after it collided with the oil tanker Vector on December 20, 1987. Built by Onomichi Zosen of Hiroshima , Japan, the ship was launched on April 25, 1963 as the Himeyuri Maru with a passenger capacity of 608.
Doña Paz – Late on 20 December, while bound for Manila from Tacloban, the passenger ferry collided with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait near Marinduque. The collision ignited the Vector's cargo and the fire spread to the Doña Paz; both ships burned and sank.
The MV Doña Paz was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector on December 20, 1987. With an estimated death toll of 4,386 people and only 24 survivors, it was the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. Doña Paz was traveling from Leyte island to the Philippine capital of Manila ...
It was the sister ship of MV Doña Paz. MB Jem II: Unknown 3 January 1989 [24] 16 [24] 45 [24] 113 [24] The motor boat left Looc, Romblon and headed for Malay, Aklan with 174 passengers on board, mostly students. As it only had a 31-passenger capacity, the overloaded boat sank off of Aguho Point, Tablas Island in strong waves. [24] Bocaue ...
The Florida Department of Transportation said it was an “amazing discovery” in an Oct. 12 announcement about the ship. Construction crews accidentally found a shipwreck dated to the mid- to ...
Spanish treasure ships sank off Florida’s west coast during hurricanes more than 300 years ago, leaving their spoils on the ocean floor Florida officials and FBI recover $1 million worth of ...
MT Vector was a small motor tanker, built in Manila, Philippines in 1980 as Oil Nic-II, with a tonnage of 629 grt and a length of 51.7 m (170 ft). The tanker was designed to transport petroleum products such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel.
The remains of a 300-year-old British warship found 30 years ago in the waters off Florida have finally been ... New evidence has determined that the shipwreck remains are that of the gunship ...