Cataloging intact shipwrecks from around the world.

Reason for sinking

Year sunk

What is the country of the ship, NOT necessarily where the shipwreck is today. This is also not necessarily the flag the ship was flying under.

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Body of water

How many people died as a result of the shipwreck?

Casualties

Coordinates

A passenger ferry that was built in Japan and registered and operated in the Philippines. While severely overcrowded and travelling from Leyte island to Manila, it collided with an oil tanker and sank. This resulted in the deaths of 4385 people, with only 26 survivors, and it remains the by far the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history.

MV Doña Paz

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