MV Princess of the Orient

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MV Princess of the Orient was a passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines that sank off Fortune Island, near Batangas City in September 1998.

The sinking

On September 18, 1998, Sulpicio’s M/V Princess of the Orient, sailing from Manila to Cebu, sailed into a typhoon. She capsized at 12:55 p.m. near Fortune Island in Batangas. Of 388 passengers on board, around 150 perished. Passengers were floating at sea for more than 12 hours before rescuers were able to reach survivors.[1]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Strings of Maritime Tragedies

External links

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Maritime incidents in the Philippines
MV Cebu City • SuperFerry 14 (Abotiz Transport System Corp.) • MT Vector • MV Doña Paz (Sulpicio Lines) • MV Princess of the Orient (Sulpicio Lines) • MV Doña Marilyn (Sulpicio Lines) • MV Kimelody Cristy • MV Gretchen I • MV Princess of the World (Sulpicio Lines) • MT Solar I • MV Princess of the Stars (Sulpicio Lines) • SuperFerry 9 (Abotiz Transport System Corp.)


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