Back إم في ديربيشاير Arabic MV Derbyshire Czech Derbyshire (Schiff) German Derbyshire (laev) Estonian اموی دربیشر Persian MV Derbyshire French Derbyshire (schip, 1976) Dutch MV Derbyshire Polish MV Derbyshire Russian MV Derbyshire SIMPLE
 Model of Derbyshire's sister ship, English Bridge
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner | Bibby Line |
| Port of registry |  Liverpool |
| Builder | Swan Hunter |
| Yard number | 57[1] |
| Launched | 5 December 1975[1] |
| Completed | June 1976[1] |
| Identification | IMO number: 7343805 Call sign: GULK |
| Fate | Lost with all hands on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid. |
| Notes | Largest British ship ever lost at sea |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bridge-class combination carrier |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 294.2 m (965 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 44.3 m (145 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 18.44 m (60 ft 6 in) |
| Ice class | A1 |
| Installed power | B&W 8K98FF |
| Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Capacity | ~160,000 tonnes of cargo |
| Crew | 42 |
MV Derbyshire 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.[2]
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.[3]
- ^ a b c d "7343085". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "MV Derbyshire - HC Deb vol 280 cc883-904". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Hansard / House of Commons proceedings. 3 July 1996. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "List of websites and links of the enquiries of Derbyshire sinking". www.c4tx.org. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2017.