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The MV Princess of the Orient was a passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines that sank off Fortune Island, Near the provinces of Cavite and Batangas in the island of Luzon, The Philippines in September 18, 1998. The ship was originally built in Japan as the Sunflower 11 in 1974 where she served as a cruise ferry before being sold to Sulpicio Lines in 1993. DesignThe ferry was built in 1974 as part of the fleet of the Nihon Kosoku Ferry Co., Ltd. in Japan as the Sun Flower 11. Weighing at around 13,935-tons and around 195.7 meters long, she was the largest and the most beautiful passenger ferry ever built at the time. She also had a full capacity of 3,995 passengers and crew. She was eventually sold to Sulpicio Lines in 1993, and there she was refitted, added a front cargo ramp and extended some of the decks. She was the only passenger ferry equipped with automatic stabilizers. (which failed under Sulpicio due to a fire during drydock) Because of her sheer size, length and beauty, she became the flagship of the whole fleet. Prior to her sinking, she was mostly listing to her port side, a sign for which they didn't expect until 5 years later. The sinkingOn September 18, 1998, the Princess of the Orient, sailed from Manila to Cebu during typhoon Vicki. 2 hours after leaving Manila port, the ferry suddenly tilted to its port side to a state where she could not recover. The ship capsized at 12:55 a.m. near Fortune Island and sank, and out of the 388 passengers on board, 150 were killed. Passengers were floating at sea for more than 12 hours before rescuers were able to reach the survivors.[1] The wreckThe wreck is resting on her starboard side at {{convert|122|m|sp=us}} below sea level near fortune island.[2] In the early 2000s, John Bennett and Ron Loos made the first scuba dives to the wreck site. The possible cause of the sinking is cargo collapse due to the cargoes not properly lashed. The shifting of the cargoes caused the ship to list to one side, causing the ferry to sink. In 2018 , A mixed gas 5 man international rebreather team organized by Karl Hurwood and Miguel Zulueta successfully managed to capture never before seen images of the wreck as well as carry out extensive exploration of it, at depths up to 128m. The team also managed successfully circumnavigate the wreck using long range DPVs ( diver propulsion vehicles ) and carry out some video survey & photography. Exploration divers were: Karl Hurwood – UK Miguel Zulueta- Philippines Ali Fikree- UAE Jin Hui- China Cui Wei- China Further exploration into the cargo holds is planned for 2019. See also
Notes and references1. ^"Strings of Maritime Tragedies"{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 2. ^{{cite journal |author=Stieglitz, Guy |title=25 minutes at 122m. |date=September 2003 |journal=Sport Diver Magazine (UK)}} External links
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