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On 16 August 2013 at 8:45pm as it approached Cebu City's harbor, the 2GO ferry the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, formerly the SuperFerry 2, [11] collided with the cargo ship the Sulpicio Express Siete of Sulpicio Lines and sank in 144 meters of water off Lauis Ledge Talisay, Cebu. [12] The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 ...
The Manila galleon (Spanish: Galeón de Manila; Tagalog: Galeon ng Maynila) refers to the Spanish trading ships that linked the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies to Mexico , across the Pacific Ocean. The ships made one or two round-trip voyages per year between the ports of Manila and Acapulco from the late 16th to early 19th century. [2]
Within 30 minutes, the ship had sunk. At the time of the collision, St. Thomas Aquinas was carrying 715 passengers (58 were infants) and 116 crew members. Many passengers were asleep at the time or otherwise had trouble finding their way to the deck in the dark. [63] MV Sulpicio Express Siete: Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation: 0 [63] 0 ...
The ship was surmised to be a Southeast Asian cargo boat travelling from either Vietnam or Southern China and is one of the best preserved pre-Spanish trading ships within the jurisdiction of Philippines. It is speculated that the ship stopped at some ports in mainland South East Asia to load trade wares. Bad weather might have led to the ...
On 16 August 2013, the vessel collided with a cargo ship named MV Sulpicio Express Siete of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (formerly Sulpicio Lines) and sank. [3] As of 3 September 2013, there were 108 dead and 29 missing with 733 rescued as a result of the accident. The ship now rests at the bottom of the Mactan Channel. [4]
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-72 south of Hawaii. [6] USS Queenfish United States Navy: 14 August 1963 A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Swordfish. USS R-6 United States Navy: 21 September 1921 An R-class submarine that sank accidentally in the harbor at San Pedro, California ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday announced that five Filipino seafarers who abandoned their burning ship in Hawaii on New Year's Eve remain missing. According to a statement ...
Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC), formerly branded as Sulpicio Lines, Inc. (SLI, Tagalog pronunciation: [sulˈpiːʃo]), is a major shipping line in the Philippines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] PSACC is one of the largest domestic shipping and container companies in the Philippines in terms of the number of vessels operated and gross tonnage.