MV Jupiter (1961)

History
Israel
Name	Moledet
Owner	ZIM Israel Navigation Company Ltd.
Port of registry	Haifa
Route	Haifa–Marseille
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes, France
Launched	19 February 1961
Identification	Call sign: 4XXN
Fate	Sold 28 September 1970
Greece
Name	Jupiter
Namesake	Jupiter
Owner	Epirotiki Line
Acquired	28 September 1970
In service	7 May 1971
Identification	IMO number: 5239022
Fate	Sunk in collision 21 October 1988
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Type	Passenger-cargo ship
Tonnage	7,810 GRT 3,828 NRT 2,104 DWT
Length	126.65 m (415 ft 6 in) o/a
Beam	19.89 m (65 ft 3 in)
Draft	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 × 6,390 bhp (4,765 kW) Pielstick 9-cylinder 4-stroke engines 1 × Controllable-pitch propeller
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)

MV Jupiter was a Greek-registered cruise ship that sank on 21 October 1988, within 40 minutes of leaving the Greek port of Piraeus. On board were 391 British schoolchildren and 84 adults on a study cruise and 110 crew. The disaster claimed the lives of one pupil, one teacher and two Greek crew members.