MV Doña Marilyn
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Doña Marilyn
- IMO number
- 6618809
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 97.6 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1966
- Builder
- Onomichi Dockyard
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Doña Marilyn
MV Doña Marilyn was a Philippine inter-island ferry owned and operated by Sulpicio Lines, Inc. Built in Japan as the Otohime Maru in 1966, it was purchased by Sulpicio Lines in 1976 and renamed the MV Doña Ana, it suffered a fire in October 8th, 1978 and underwent refitting, being put back on service as the MV Doña Marilyn. In the afternoon of October 24, 1988, while sailing from Manila to Tacloban City, the vessel was caught up in Typhoon Ruby and sank near Higatangan (or Gigatangan) Island, Biliran, leaving approximately 400 dead or missing. Survivors numbered at least 181. Doña Marilyn was a sister ship of the ill-fated MV Doña Paz, which had sunk a year earlier in the deadliest ever peace-time maritime disaster.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Doña Marilyn now?
- MV Doña Marilyn has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MV Doña Marilyn?
- MV Doña Marilyn is a ship, built in 1966 by Onomichi Dockyard. The vessel is 97.6 m long.
- Has MV Doña Marilyn been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Doña Marilyn appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).