MV Rabaul Queen
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Rabaul Queen
- IMO number
- 8351297
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 259
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 47 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1983
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Rabaul Queen
MV Rabaul Queen was a passenger ferry owned by the Papua New Guinea company Rabaul Shipping. The ship, built in Japan in 1983, operated on short runs in that country, before being brought to Papua New Guinea in 1998 and plying a regular weekly route between Kimbe, the capital of West New Britain, and Lae, the capital of the mainland province of Morobe. In the early hours of 2 February 2012, the ferry capsized and later sank in rough conditions. The final death toll is unknown because the exact number of passengers is unknown; estimates range from 88 to 223, with the official Commission of Inquiry estimating the dead at 146 to 165.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Rabaul Queen now?
- MV Rabaul Queen 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 Rabaul Queen?
- MV Rabaul Queen is a ship, built in 1983. The vessel is 47 m long and has a gross tonnage of 259.
- Has MV Rabaul Queen been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Rabaul Queen appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).