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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name | Ferry Sumiyoshi |
| Owner | Meimon Car Ferry K.K. |
| Operator | Meimon Car Ferry K.K. |
| Port of registry | Kitakyushu, Japan |
| Route | Osaka – Shin-moji, Kitakyushu |
| Ordered | 1 January 1972[1] |
| Builder | Onomichi Dockyard Co, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Yard number | 239 |
| Laid down | 1 August 1972 |
| Launched | 19 December 1972 |
| Completed | 20 March 1973 |
| Out of service | 1992 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7304663[2] |
| Fate | Sold to Aboitiz Shipping Corporation |
 Philippines | |
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| Port of registry | Manila, Philippines |
| Route | Manila – Cebu – Iligan – Butuan – Nasipit (2013) |
| Maiden voyage | 1992 |
| Out of service | 16 August 2013 |
| Homeport | Manila |
| Fate | Sank following collision with MV Sulpicio Express Siete |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | ROPAX Ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 138.61 m (455 ft) |
| Beam | 22.15 m (72.7 ft) |
| Draft | 5.80 m (19.0 ft) |
| Ramps | 1 ramp (stern-port side) |
| Installed power | 2x 14 cyl. MAN-Mitsubishi diesel marine engines (2 × 5,670 kW) |
| Propulsion | Two shafts; fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
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MV St. Thomas Aquinas was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry operated by 2GO Travel. On 16 August 2013, the vessel collided with a cargo ship named MV Sulpicio Express Siete of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (formerly Sulpicio Lines) and sank.[3] As of 3 September 2013, there were 108 dead and 29 missing with 733 rescued as a result of the accident.[4]
- ^ a b "St. Thomas Aquinas (7229869)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "St. Thomas of Aquinas (7304663)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Foxwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ferry sinking death toll at 108; 29 missing". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 August 2013.