The Doña Paz was a passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker Vector on December 20, 1987. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
The Doña Paz was en route from Catbalogan, on Samar Island, Philippines, to Manila when, while it was in the Tablas Strait, between islands of Mindoro and Tablas, it collided with a small oil tanker, the Vector, which was carrying 8,800 barrels of petroleum products. Catbalogan City is the capital city of Samar Province, Philippines with a population of 92454 people (2007 Census Samar is also a female singer from the United Arab Emirates. Samar is an Island in the Visayas, which is in the The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The City of Manila
The Vector's cargo ignited and caused a fire that rapidly spread onto the Doña Paz, which sank within minutes. Two of the 13 crew members aboard the Vector survived but all 58 crew of the Doña Paz died. The official death toll on the ferry is 1,565, although some reports claim that the ferry was overcrowded and that the true death toll is over 4,000. The ships would put the death toll at 4,375 although admitting that only 1,568 were on the manifest (still more than the licensed maximum of 1,518). The 21 (or 24) survivors from the ferry had to swim, as there was no time to launch lifeboats. A lifeboat is a small craft carried on a ship to provide a means of emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard the ship
An inquiry later revealed that the crew of the Vector was underqualified and that the boat's license had expired.
It is the worst ferry disaster and the worst peace-time maritime disaster in history.
See also
External links
- Ships of the World Article
- Guinness Records Article
- DNV Annex 1 Passenger vessel Evacuation descriptions P36
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