SECTION 4 - Marine Accident Investigation Branch
SECTION 4 - Marine Accident Investigation Branch
SECTION 4 - Marine Accident Investigation Branch
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<strong>SECTION</strong> 1 - FACTUAL INFORMATION<br />
1.1 PARTICULARS OF MV Saga Sapphire AND ACCIDENT<br />
SHIP PARTICULARS<br />
Vessel’s name Saga Sapphire<br />
Flag Malta<br />
Built 1981 – Bremen, Germany<br />
IMO number 7822457<br />
Type Passenger ship<br />
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd<br />
Manager Acromas Shipping Ltd<br />
Construction Steel<br />
Length overall 199.63m<br />
Length between perpendiculars 175.18m<br />
Breadth (moulded) 28.5m<br />
Draught 8.421m<br />
Gross tonnage 37049<br />
Displacement 26512t<br />
Minimum safe manning 21<br />
VOYAGE PARTICULARS<br />
Port of departure Palermo, Sicily<br />
Port of arrival Southampton, United Kingdom<br />
Type of voyage International<br />
Cargo information Not applicable