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'''MV ''Mavi Marmara''''' ({{lang-en|Blue Marmara}}) is a [[Comoros]]-flagged <ref>{{cite news|title=İsrail ‘uluslararası suları’ kabul etti|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/14896132.asp|date=01 June 2010}} |
'''MV ''Mavi Marmara''''' ({{lang-en|Blue Marmara}}) is a [[Comoros]]-flagged <ref>{{cite news|title=İsrail ‘uluslararası suları’ kabul etti|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/14896132.asp|date=01 June 2010}} passenger ship, which was formerly owned and operated by [[İDO|Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc.]] ({{lang-tr|İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri A.Ş.}}) (IDO) on the line [[Sarayburnu]], Istanbul-[[Marmara Island]]-[[Avşa|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.<ref name="ido">{{cite web |url=http://www.ido.com.tr/index.cfm?page=SubPage&textid=846&kapsam=7&ln=tr |publisher=IDO |title=Mavi Marmara Yolcu Gemisi |language=Turkish |accessdate=2010-05-31 }}</ref> |
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The ship was purchased in 2010 by an Islamic charity [[IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)]], the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief. It joined a flotilla of ships operated by activist groups from 32 different countries including Jewish and Christian volunteers bringing 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the [[Gaza Strip]], blockaded by [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]] since 2007. The İHH acquired the ship at a cost of $800,000, to be defrayed by public donations, as no shipowner was willing to risk their vessel on the journey.<ref name="hurriyet-turkish rights">{{cite news|title=Turkish rights group's cargo ship to set sail with Gaza aid|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=cargo-ship-will-set-out-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid-2010-04-13|work=Hürriyet|date=13 May 2010}}</ref> |
The ship was purchased in 2010 by an Islamic charity [[IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)]], the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief. It joined a flotilla of ships operated by activist groups from 32 different countries including Jewish and Christian volunteers bringing 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the [[Gaza Strip]], blockaded by [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]] since 2007. The İHH acquired the ship at a cost of $800,000, to be defrayed by public donations, as no shipowner was willing to risk their vessel on the journey.<ref name="hurriyet-turkish rights">{{cite news|title=Turkish rights group's cargo ship to set sail with Gaza aid|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=cargo-ship-will-set-out-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid-2010-04-13|work=Hürriyet|date=13 May 2010}}</ref> |
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![]() MV Mavi Marmara leaving Istanbul for Gaza on May 22, 2010
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Name | MV Mavi Marmara |
Owner | IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı) [3] |
Operator | IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı) [3] |
Builder | Türkiye Gemi Sanayi A.Ş.[4] |
Yard number | 302[4] |
Completed | November 9, 1994[2] |
Homeport | Istanbul, Turkey |
Identification | IMO number: 9005869[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Passenger ship |
Tonnage | 4,142 GT GT uses unsupported parameter (help) |
Length | 93 m (305 ft)[1] |
Beam | 20 m (66 ft)[1] |
Draft | 4 m (13 ft)[6] |
Installed power | 4,400 kW[2] |
Propulsion | 2[2] |
Speed | max. 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph)- avg. 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h; 8.3 mph)[6] |
Capacity | 1,080 passengers[5] |
MV Mavi Marmara (English: Blue Marmara) is a Comoros-flagged Cite error: A <ref>
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The ship was purchased in 2010 by an Islamic charity IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı), the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief. It joined a flotilla of ships operated by activist groups from 32 different countries including Jewish and Christian volunteers bringing 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, blockaded by Egypt and Israel since 2007. The İHH acquired the ship at a cost of $800,000, to be defrayed by public donations, as no shipowner was willing to risk their vessel on the journey.[3]
On 31 May 2010, while in route to Gaza, the MV Mavi Marmara was intercepted and overtaken by Israeli Defense Forces within international waters. The ship was stormed by Israeli naval forces upon noncompliance with warnings and orders to halt. The Gaza flotilla raid left at least nine activists dead and up to sixty activists and ten IDF soldiers injured. [7]
Ship's registry
- ex MS Beydağı[4]
Sister ships
- MS TDI Karadeniz[4]
References
- ^ a b c "MS Mavi Marmara". Digital Seas. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ a b c "Detay Gemi Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Cahmber of Maritime Izmir. Retrieved 2010-05-31. |
- ^ a b c "Turkish rights group's cargo ship to set sail with Gaza aid". Hürriyet. 13 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Mavi Marmara" (in Turkish). Tür Gemileri. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "M/S Mavi Marmara" (in Turkish). Marine Traffic. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ "Details emerge of bloodshed aboard Gaza-bound ship". Details emerge. 2 June 2010.
External links
Media related to M/S Mavi Marmara at Wikimedia Commons