MV Derbyshire 1980
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | MV Derbyshire | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1980 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | ore-bulk-oil carrier | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Storm or weather | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Sea / ocean | Philippine Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | 25.5000, 130.5000 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
MV Derbyshire, originally named Liverpool Bridge, was a British ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built in 1976 by Swan Hunter, as the last in the series of the Bridge-class sextet. She was registered at Liverpool and owned by Bibby Line.
Derbyshire was lost on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid, south of Japan. All 42 crew members and 2 of their wives were killed in the sinking. At 91,655 gross register tons, she is the largest British ship ever to have been lost at sea.
Diving & visiting
A bronze plaque was placed on the wreckage as a memorial to those who were lost. On 21 September 1980, the Bibby Line vessel Cambridgeshire held a memorial service for Derbyshire in the area the vessel was lost.
The 20th anniversary of the vessel's loss was marked by a memorial service in Liverpool, England, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, himself a former merchant seaman. Ten years later a memorial service was held in the vessel's home port of Liverpool on the 30th anniversary of Derbyshire's loss.
Location
- Recorded position: 25.5000, 130.5000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Philippine Sea
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article MV Derbyshire (revision 1366211804), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Memorials”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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- USS Grayback 1944 · 178 km
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