MV Vinalines Queen

History
Name: MV Vinalines Queen
Operator: Vinalines
Port of registry: Vietnam Vietnam
Launched: 2005[1]
Identification:
Fate: Capsized and sunk, 25 December 2011[2]
General characteristics
Type: Bulk carrier
Tonnage:
Length: 190 m (620 ft)[1]
Beam: 32 m (105 ft)[1]
Crew: 23

MV Vinalines Queen was a bulk carrier of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines, or Vinalines. On its last voyage the ship was travelling from Indonesia to China with more than 54,000 tonnes of nickel ore. The ship disappeared on 25 December 2011 and its fate was initially unknown. On 30 December 2011 a single survivor of its 23-member crew, Dau Ngoc Hung, was found by the British ship London Courage, after floating with a rescue vest for 5 days. He reported that the ship sank quickly in the early hours of the morning after capsizing to the left. It sank after passing the island of Luzon in very bad weather conditions in waters up to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) deep.[2]

The circumstances leading to the sinking of the vessel are still under investigation. It is thought that the probable cause of sinking was liquefaction of her nickel ore cargo resulting in the shifting of cargo in the holds, which destabilised the vessel causing her to sink.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vinalines Queen". www.marinetraffic.com. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Vietnam sailor saved as 22 crew mates die at sea". AFP.
  3. ↑ The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Limited
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