MT Vector
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Vector was a Philippine oil tanker that collided with the passenger ferry Doña Paz on December 20, 1987 in the Tablas Strait, Philippines, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 4,386 passengers and crew from the two ships.[2] The incident is considered the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history.[3][4]
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History | |
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Philippines | |
Name | Oil Nic-II |
Owner | Vector Shipping Inc (Francisco Soriano), Manila |
Port of registry | Manila |
Builder | Navotas Industrial Corp, Manila |
Completed | 1980 |
Renamed | Vector, before December 1987 |
Identification | IMO number: 8427632 |
Fate | Caught fire and sank after a collision with the MV Doña Paz on 20 December 1987. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oil Tanker |
Tonnage | 629 grt |
Length | 51.7 m (170 ft) |
Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft) |
Depth | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
Installed power | 250 bhp |
Propulsion | single screw |
Notes | [1] |
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