 Moby Prince in July 1986
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 1331 |
| Launched | 1967 |
| Out of service | 1991 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6808806 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire, 1991 |
| General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
| Type | Car / passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | 6,682 GT |
| Length | 131.02 m (429 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 20.48 m (67 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 5.10 m (16 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 4 x MAN Augsburg Diesels |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 21 Knots |
| Capacity | 1200 passengers |
The Moby Prince disaster was a major maritime accident resulting in 140 deaths. It occurred in the late evening of Wednesday 10 April 1991, in the harbour of Livorno, Italy. It is the worst disaster in the Italian merchant navy since World War II.[2] It is also considered one of the two worst environmental disasters in Italian history, along with the explosion and loss of the tanker Amoco Milford Haven on the following day in an unrelated accident near Voltri.[3]
MV Moby Prince, a ferry owned by Navigazione Arcipelago Maddalenino (NAVARMA) Lines collided with the oil tanker Agip Abruzzo, sparking an extensive fire that ravaged the ship. The only survivor of the crew and passengers of the ferry was a young ship's boy, Alessio Bertrand from Naples.[4] The other 140 on board were killed by the fire or toxic fumes.
On 28 May 1998 the ship's hull sank while impounded in a dock in Leghorn Harbour; it was later refloated and sent to be scrapped in Turkey.[5]
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- ^ Fusani, Claudia (12 April 1991). "May - Day, May - Day Ci ha speronato una bettolina". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 5. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "I disastri ecologici del petrolio" (in Italian). Valore Acqua. 27 April 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ ""Moby Prince", è ancora un mistero". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 28 September 2000. p. 5. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ Gasperetti, Marco (18 May 1998). "Il "Moby Prince" affonda nel porto". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 13. Retrieved 17 December 2011.