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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=MV Vinalines Queen | Ship owner= | Ship operator=Vinalines | Vietnam|2011}} Vietnam | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=2005[1] | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship identification=*Call Sign: XVHG- {{IMO number|9290907}}[1]
| Ship fate=Capsized and sunk, 25 December 2011[3] | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Bulk carrier | 31247}}[1] | Ship displacement= | 190|m|ft|abbr=on}}[1] | 32|m|ft|abbr=on}}[1] | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship sail plan= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed= | Ship capacity= | Ship crew=23 | Ship notes=
}} | 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 {{convert|5000|m|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] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/9290907/vessel:VINALINES_QUEEN |title=Vinalines Queen |publisher=www.marinetraffic.com |date=2 May 2014 |accessdate=23 June 2014}}
2. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iSi_abufgmgphQ2nY74hJuN77e8A?docId=CNG.30b3d6dd8339de2bcb1a783e5b922d18.1a1 | title=Vietnam sailor saved as 22 crew mates die at sea | publisher=AFP}}
3. ^The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Limited
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