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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MV Derbyshire canonical 1

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Statements (45)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cammell Laird → built → MV Derbyshire ⓘ