KUMBE MV SPICE ISLANDER ILIWAHI KUFELI INJINI WAKATI INANUNULIWA......!!

.ILIKUWA IKITOKEA  KWENYE PWANI YA SOMALIA

.KOSA KUBWA ILIKUWA IMECHAKACHULIWA NA MAFUTA MACHAFU

.PATA HISTORIA YAKE TANGU INATENGENEZWA MPAKA KUZAMA KWAKE

Spice Islander I was a 836 GRT Ro-Ro ferry which was built in Greece in 1967 as Marianna. She was renamed Apostolos P following a sale in 1988. She was sold to a Honduran company in 2007 and renamed Spice Islander I. On 10 September 2011, she sank with a large loss of life incurred.

Description

The ship was 60.00 metres (196.85 ft) long, with a beam of 11.40 metres (37.4 ft). She was assessed at 836 GRT, 663 NRT, 225 DWT. The ship was propelled by two Poyaud 12VUD25 diesel engines, of 1,560 horsepower (1,160 kW).

History

Built in 1967 as Marianna for an unknown owner, she was later sold to Theologos P. Naftiliaki, Piraeus, Greece. In 1988, Marianna was sold to Apostolos Shipping and renamed Apostolos P. She was later sold to Saronikos Ferries and placed in service on the Piraeus - Aegina - Angistri route.

In 2005, Apostolos P was registered to Hellenic Seaways. In 2007, she was sold to Makame Hasnuu, Zanzibar, Tanzania.and renamed Spice Islander I.On 25 September 2007, Spice Islander I was off the coast of Somalia when she experienced engine problems due to contaminated fuel. After the alarm had been raised via Kenya, USS Stout from Combined Task Force 150 was sent to her aid.The ship was on a voyage from Oman to Tanzania and was not carrying any passengers. USS James E. Williams also responded. Stout provided the ship with 7,800 US gallons (30,000 l; 6,500 imp gal) of fuel and supplied the ten crew with food and water. After her engines were restarted, she resumed her voyage to Tanzania

Loss

Main article: Zanzibar ferry sinking

At 21:00 local time (19:00 UTC) Spice Islander I sailed from Unguja for Pemba Island. She was reported to have been carrying in excess of 800 passengers.^[Her capacity was 45 crew and 645 passengers^.At around 01:00, (local time) on 10 September (23:00, 9 September UTC) Spice Islander I sank between Zanzibar and Pemba. Of those on board, 612 were rescued, with 40 of them suffering serious injuries. At least 200 people were killed^.

Death toll

An early death toll reported only 40 dead,which was updated to 53, and then to 163.The official death toll, according to Mohamed Aboud, a government minister, stood at 197 on 11 September.On 12 September, the death toll was updated to 240.