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 |
| Homeport | 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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| Crossings |
| 2004–2009 |
| 2010–2022 |
| 2023–present |
| Groups involved |
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 Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the deadly confrontation that took place on it during the Gaza flotilla raid.