Moby Prince disaster
The Moby Prince disaster was a major naval accident resulting in 140 deaths. It occurred in the late evening of Wednesday 10 April 1991, in the harbor of Livorno, Italy. It is the worst disaster in the Italian merchant navy since World War II. It is also considered one of the two worst environmental disasters in Italian history, along with the explosion and loss of the tanker Amoco Milford Haven on the following day in an unrelated accident near Voltri. On 28 May 1998 the ship's hull sunk while impounded in a dock in Livorno harbor; it was later refloated and sent to be scrapped in Turkey.
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Moby Prince disaster
The Moby Prince disaster was a major naval accident resulting in 140 deaths. It occurred in the late evening of Wednesday 10 April 1991, in the harbor of Livorno, Italy. It is the worst disaster in the Italian merchant navy since World War II. It is also considered one of the two worst environmental disasters in Italian history, along with the explosion and loss of the tanker Amoco Milford Haven on the following day in an unrelated accident near Voltri. On 28 May 1998 the ship's hull sunk while impounded in a dock in Livorno harbor; it was later refloated and sent to be scrapped in Turkey.
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Il disastro del Moby Prince è ...... a alla demolizione in Turchia.
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The Moby Prince disaster was a ...... sent to be scrapped in Turkey.
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Destroyed by fire, 1991
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September 2011
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There were 140 on board the ferry, and 140 died; yet there was one survivor?
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Moby Prince at Bastia
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*2 × Controllable pitch propellers
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*1968-1985: Hoek Van Holland,
*1985-1991: Livorno,
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Car / passenger ferry
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Il disastro del Moby Prince è ...... a alla demolizione in Turchia.
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Disastro del Moby Prince
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Moby Prince disaster
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*1968-1985: Koningin Juliana
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*1986-1991: Moby Prince
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