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    commercial ships and military naval ships. A maritime disaster can result in one or more of the following simultaneously; Loss of life Pollution of marine...
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    exactly one year after Kenya gained independence. It was preceded by the colonial Royal East African Navy. The Navy operates several bases, Mtongwe base...
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    Navy has two major bases for its fleet with it being headquartered in Mtongwe Naval Base, Mombasa and Manda Bay (part of Lamu Archipelago) being the...
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    from Kilindini and Mtongwe to Likoni in the south coast of Mombasa. The last major accident occurred in 1994 when a ferry serving Mtongwe route sank killing...
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    Kevin Patience. Thoya, Francis (19 November 2003). "The restless ghosts of Mtongwe". Wednesday Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Patience...
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    Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden. The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. It is one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a European...
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  • company website, the company headquarters are located adjacent to the Mtongwe Naval Base in the city of Mombasa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The...
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    Feb: Christinaki 4 Mar: Sally Albatross 23 Mar: Pallas Athena 29 Apr: Mtongwe 26 Jun: Apollo Sea, BOS 400 13 Jul: 13 de Marzo Aug (unknown date): Brown...
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    the families of British servicemen caught up in unrest in Aden, and made one of the last northbound transits through the Suez Canal before its closure...
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    included one 'Big Net' or 'Top Trough' air search radar, one 'High Sieve' or 'Low Sieve' air search radar, one 'Knife Rest' air search radar and one 'Slim...
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    Mombasa County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. Its capital is Mombasa. In terms of economy it is second after Nairobi. Initially it was one of the former...
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    News, Virginia by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. It was one of only a few ocean liners, American or otherwise, to have had its interiors...
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    September 1994, in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland and Estonia, was one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters of the 20th century, claiming 852...
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  • recover them. Before dawn on 10 December, the cargo ship Torungen retrieved one survivor from Salvador Allende, the ship's second mate. Late in the morning...
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    Celestyal Crystal. The ship was originally built in 1980 for Rederi Ab Sally, one of Viking Line partners as the cruiseferry MS Viking Saga. The bow and stern...
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  • County with five wards which include Timbwani which is the largest, Bofu, Mtongwe, Likoni and Shika Adabu. The current Member of Parliament for Likoni is...
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    into the Mtongwe ferry disaster headed by Justice Msagha Mbogholi. Simon Mbilu's first wife was Avia Kavutha Mbilu (deceased) with whom he had one son, Peter...
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    traditional welcome while under tow by four Moran tugs, and running only one of her own twin propellers. Her funnel put out thick clouds of smoke, seeming...
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    January 1968. Oslo ran aground near Marstein Island on 24 January 1994. One officer was killed in the incident. The next day, on 25 January, she was...
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    List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1994 Ship State Description Mtongwe  Kenya The overloaded ferry capsized in Kilindini Harbour, Kenya, just 40 metres (44 yd)...
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    ground forces on four occasions. In late May and early June, Derwent was one of four RAN ships providing escort for the troopship HMAS Sydney's fourth...
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    Sand Lance, while moored at Charleston – almost sank next to the pier ahead of one of her sister ships, the attack submarine USS Grayling (SSN-646), due to...
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  • Three suspects were arrested. Two of the suspects were military personnel, one being a retired serviceman, another being the brother of an armed police...
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  • Barracks near Nairobi. After their training, they were transferred to the Mtongwe Naval Base and took up their roles as the Kenya Navy Corps of Drums. In...
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    by two diesel engines creating 4,500 shaft horsepower (3,400 kW) driving one shaft enclosed in a kort nozzle. Algolake has a maximum speed of 15 knots...
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    Feb: Christinaki 4 Mar: Sally Albatross 23 Mar: Pallas Athena 29 Apr: Mtongwe 26 Jun: Apollo Sea, BOS 400 13 Jul: 13 de Marzo Aug (unknown date): Brown...
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    east coast of England. In June 1944, the flotilla was assigned to sweep one of the beaches during the Normandy landings until she struck a mine the following...
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