37°31′43″N 28°59′08″W / 37.52861°N 28.98560°W
![]() Felicity Ace at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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History | |
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Name | Felicity Ace |
Owner |
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Operator | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines |
Port of registry | Panama City, ![]() |
Builder | Shin Kurushima Dockyard |
Yard number | 5306 |
Laid down | 9 December 2004 |
Launched | 2 July 2005 |
Completed | 5 October 2005 |
Identification |
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Fate | Capsized and sank on 1 March 2022 after a fire |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Nippon Kaiji Kyōkai cargo ship |
Type | Ro-Ro car carrier |
Tonnage | 60,118 GT |
Displacement | 17,738 t (17,458 long tons) |
Length | 200 m (656 ft) |
Beam | 32.26 m (105.8 ft) |
Installed power | 1 diesel engine rated at 15,286 kW (20,500 hp) |
Propulsion | single shaft, 1 screw |
Speed | 22.3 knots (41.3 km/h; 25.7 mph) |
Felicity Ace was a 60,000 tonne roll-on/roll-off cargo ship (Pure Car/Truck Carrier) built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard in 2005. It was owned and operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan, and the ship was registered in Panama. She caught fire in February 2022 south of the Azores, whilst transporting vehicles from Germany to the United States. The ship then capsized and sank in early March with an estimated cargo worth over $400 million.