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MV Princess Ashika : ウィキペディア英語版 | MV Princess Ashika
The MV ''Princess Ashika'' was an inter-island ferry which operated in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga. This motorized vessel (MV) was built in 1972, and began sailing the Tongan route on 7 July 2009 only to sink less than a month later on 5 August. Official figures released by Operation Ashika on 19 August 2009, confirmed that 54 men were rescued, and 74 persons were lost at sea. These include two bodies recovered and 72 missing (68 passengers and 4 crew), including five foreign nationals. Two of the missing passengers remain unidentified.〔(Tribute – list of casualties – Matangi Tonga )〕 Tonga's transportation minister, Paul Karalus, resigned six days after the tragedy. == History== The ferry was completed in July 1972 at the Shikoku Dockyard in Takamatsu, Japan, and was named MV ''Olive Maru No. 1''.〔(Search results for "7234002" ), Miramar Ship Index.〕 In 1985, she was renamed MV ''Princess Ashika'' after the only daughter of a Fijian operator named Raj Naidu who operated a shipping company named North West Shipping and who imported the ship to Fiji in 1985 from Nagasaki, Japan. In 1989 and after initial coup era in Fiji, Mr Naidu sold the ship to the Patterson Brothers Shipping Company Limited who continued to operate this ship for the following 20 years prior to it being sold to the Tongan government.〔 Due to concerns by the Tongan government over the physical status and safety of the existing inter-island ferry, the MV ''Olovaha'',〔(Cabinet Concerned about Status of MV Olovaha ), Prime Minister of Tonga, 12 November 2008.〕 the ''Princess Ashika'' was ordered from Fiji to replace the ''Olovaha'' at which time it was purchased by Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd.〔 The use of the ''Princess Ashika'' was intended to be a stop-gap measure until a new boat funded by a NZD$35 million grant from Japan was to replace it in 2011.〔(Dozens missing after Tongan ferry sinks ), ''WA Today'', 6 August 2009.〕 Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd had stated less than two months before the disaster that the ship was in "good" condition and that it had been well maintained.〔
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