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
91,655 GRT
67,429 NRT
169,044 DWT[1]
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]
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