MV Sewol at Incheon in March 2014
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History | |
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Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan |
Yard number | 1006 |
Launched | 13 April 1994 |
Completed | June 1994 |
Identification | IMO number: 9105205 |
Fate | Capsized and sank on 16 April 2014, Salvaged 2017 |
General characteristics | |
Type | RoPax ferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 145.61 m (477 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 22.00 m (72 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 6.26 m (20 ft 6 in) |
Depth | 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 35 |
MV Sewol (Hangul: 세월호, Hanja: 世越號, Beyond the World)[1][note 1] was a South Korean vehicle-passenger ferry, built and previously operated in Japan. She operated between Incheon and Jeju. On 16 April 2014, Sewol capsized and sank with the loss of 304 passengers and crew.
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