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Start of Production |
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Keel laid |
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Launch |
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| 3/1973 |
Delivered to Meimon Taiyo Car Ferry K.K., Nagoya, Japan |
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| 4/1992 |
Sold to AboitizTransport System, Cebu, Philippines . New name Aboitiz Superferry 2. |
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| 1/1996 |
Sold to WG & A Jebsens, Philippines. New name Superferry 2. |
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| 5/2003 |
Sold to Aboitiz Jebseb Co. Philippines |
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| 4/2012 |
New name St. Thomas of Aquinas. |
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| 21/8/2013 |
Collided with a cargo ship MV Sulpicio Express Siete of Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation |
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(formerly Sulpicio Lines) causing it to sink. There were 61 dead and 59 missing with 750 rescued as a |
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result of the accident. |
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