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MV Derbyshire was a British ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built in 1976 by Swan Hunter, as the last in the series of the Bridge-class sextet. She was registered at Liverpool and owned by Bibby Line. [2] Derbyshire was lost on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid, south of Japan. All 42 crew members and 2 of their wives were killed in the ...
MV Liverpool Bridge (91,655 GT, 1976) was the last vessel in the class and also the largest. It was also built for Bibby Line. It was also built for Bibby Line. It was badly damaged in an explosion and renamed Derbyshire in 1978 before being lost in Typhoon Orchid off of Japan in 1980 with the loss of all 44 crew members on board.
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"The Mystery of the Derbyshire" September 10, 1980: MV Derbyshire: A ship vanishes without any trace. The investigation took 20 years before the cause of the tragedy was determined beyond doubt. 6 6 "The Kings Cross Disaster" November 18, 1987: King's Cross fire: A fire kills 31 people at the Kings Cross station.
The loss of MV Derbyshire was devastating for Britain, since the 91,000 ton carrier was the largest of its time and had resulted in the deaths of all 44 people on board. [9] The ship was headed for Kawasaki with Iron Ore Concentrate [10] from Sept-Îles, Canada on July 11, but never arrived.
From 1986 to 1995 Mearns was employed in the commercial undersea surveying industry in a managerial capacity. In 1990 he worked on the criminal investigation into the deliberate sinking of the freighter Lucona by a time bomb, and in 1994 located the wreck of the ore-bulk-oil carrier MV Derbyshire.
Martha’s Vineyard is an island south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts and is about a 43-minute flight from Boston. Population is about 15,000, although the summer population can swell by tens of ...
The OBO-carrier Maya.The picture is showing both the cargo hold hatches used for bulk and the pipes used for oil. An ore-bulk-oil carrier, also known as combination carrier or OBO, is a ship designed to be capable of carrying wet or dry cargoes.