MV Mavi Marmara
MV Mavi Marmara leaving Antalya for Gaza on May 22, 2010. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Comoros | |
| Name | MV Mavi Marmara |
| Owner | IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı) |
| Operator | IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı) |
| Builder | Türkiye Gemi Sanayii A.Ş. |
| Yard number | 302 |
| Completed | November 9, 1994 |
| Home port | Moroni, Comoros (2010). Previously Istanbul, Turkey |
| Identification | IMO number: 9005869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 4,142 GT |
| Length | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Beam | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Draft | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Installed power | 4,400 kW |
| Propulsion | 2 |
| Speed | max. 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph)- avg. 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h; 8.3 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,080 passengers |
| Blockade of the Gaza Strip |
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MV Mavi Marmara is a Comoros-flagged 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. It is best known for its participation in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the deadly confrontation that took place on it during the Gaza flotilla raid.