MV Mavi Marmara
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MV Mavi Marmara is a Comoros-flagged[7] passenger ship, which was formerly owned and operated by İDO Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. on the line Sarayburnu, Istanbul-Marmara Island-Avşa Island in the Sea of Marmara. Built at the Golden Gate Shipyard by Turkish Shipbuilding Co. in 1994, the ship has a capacity of 1,080 passengers.[6] It is best known for its participation in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the deadly confrontation that took place on it during the Gaza flotilla raid.
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MV Mavi Marmara leaving Antalya for Gaza on May 22, 2010. | |
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Comoros | |
Name | MV Mavi Marmara |
Owner | IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)[1] |
Operator | IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)[1] |
Builder | Türkiye Gemi Sanayii A.Ş.[2] |
Yard number | 302[2] |
Completed | November 9, 1994[3] |
Homeport | Moroni, Comoros (2010). Previously Istanbul, Turkey |
Identification | IMO number: 9005869[4] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ship |
Tonnage | 4,142 GT |
Length | 93 m (305 ft)[4] |
Beam | 20 m (66 ft)[4] |
Draft | 4 m (13 ft)[5] |
Installed power | 4,400 kW[3] |
Propulsion | 2[clarification needed][3] |
Speed | max. 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph)- avg. 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h; 8.3 mph)[5] |
Capacity | 1,080 passengers[6] |
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