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
beam 44 m
builtAt Swan Hunter shipyard
builtFor Bibby Line
cargoType bulk cargo
oil
ore
causeOfSinking Typhoon Orchid
class Bridge-class ore-bulk-oil carrier
completedIn 1976
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
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
memorialLocation Liverpool
namedAfter Derbyshire
notableAs one of the UK’s worst peacetime maritime disasters
numberOfDeaths 44
numberOfPeopleOnBoard 44
operator Bibby Line
ownedBy Bibby Line
passengersOnBoard 2
placeOfSinking South of Japan
previousName MV Liverpool Bridge
propulsion single screw diesel engine
routeAtTimeOfSinking from Canada to Japan
sankIn 1980
shipyard Swan Hunter
survivors 0
voyageDestination Kawasaki, Japan
linked to: Kawasaki, Kanagawa
voyageOrigin Canada
wreckDepth about 4200 m
wreckLocatedIn 1994
yearOfCompletion 1976
yearOfLaunch 1975

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Cammell Laird built MV Derbyshire