MV Derbyshire

E713596

MV Derbyshire was a British ore-bulk-oil carrier that tragically sank in a typhoon south of Japan in 1980 with the loss of all 44 people on board, becoming one of the UK’s worst peacetime maritime disasters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bulk carrier
merchant ship
ore-bulk-oil carrier
associatedWith Derbyshire Family Association NERFINISHED
beam 44 m
builtAt Swan Hunter shipyard NERFINISHED
builtFor Bibby Line NERFINISHED
cargoType bulk cargo
oil
ore
causeOfSinking Typhoon Orchid NERFINISHED
class Bridge-class ore-bulk-oil carrier
completedIn 1976
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
crewComplement 42
dateOfSinking 1980-09-09
deadweightTonnage 169044
flag British
grossTonnage 91655
IMONumber 7343085
investigation Formal Investigation by UK Department of Transport
launchedIn 1975
lengthOverall 294 m
locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
memorialLocation Liverpool NERFINISHED
namedAfter Derbyshire NERFINISHED
notableAs one of the UK’s worst peacetime maritime disasters
numberOfDeaths 44
numberOfPeopleOnBoard 44
operator Bibby Line NERFINISHED
ownedBy Bibby Line NERFINISHED
passengersOnBoard 2
placeOfSinking South of Japan
previousName MV Liverpool Bridge NERFINISHED
propulsion single screw diesel engine
routeAtTimeOfSinking from Canada to Japan
sankIn 1980
shipyard Swan Hunter NERFINISHED
survivors 0
voyageDestination Kawasaki, Japan NERFINISHED
voyageOrigin Canada NERFINISHED
wreckDepth about 4200 m
wreckLocatedIn 1994
yearOfCompletion 1976
yearOfLaunch 1975

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Cammell Laird built MV Derbyshire