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Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200 [1]: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
The Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC) formerly named Sulpicio Lines currently holds the world record for the worst peacetime maritime disaster due to the sinking MV Doña Paz which is said to have claimed more than 4,000 lives in the Philippines. [1]
Maritime accidents in the Philippines are common due to a combination of bad weather, poor maintenance, and lax enforcement of safety regulations. [7] The Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (operator of Sulpicio Lines) has been involved in five maritime disasters , most notably the 1987 sinking of the ferry Doña Paz that resulted in an ...
The documentary features interviews of survivors Salvador and Aludía Bacsal, Pedro Sorema, Generoso Batola, Morris Apura, Almario Balanay, Luthgardo Niedo, as well as archival footage of the court cases from TV and live incident showings on the aftermath of the Doña Paz sinking.
Doña Paz (formerly called Don Sulpicio, caught fire after colliding with an oil tanker, resulting in over 4000 lives lost: the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history) Doña Marilyn (formerly called Doña Ana, sank October 24, 1988 in Typhoon Ruby, known as Unsang in the Philippines. 391 dead or missing; 300 survivors)
Shipwrecks of the Philippines (6 C, 64 P) Pages in category "Maritime incidents in the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea, Manila's armed forces said on Sunday, in a move that would likely irk China. The ...
MV SuperFerry 14 was a Philippine registered roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ferry that was attacked on February 27, 2004 by terrorist group Abu Sayyaf that resulted in the destruction of the ferry and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines' deadliest terrorist attack.