Toya Maru by Sebastian Eide Wold

Toya Maru

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-04 07:32:44 UTC

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-04 07:37:51 UTC

The tragic accident happend on 26 September 1954, near Hakodate, Japan

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-04 07:41:18 UTC

The accident happened because a super large typhoon hit the boat and the boat could not stay up so it sinked

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-04 07:49:06 UTC

There were 1,150 to 1,170 passengers and crew members that died when the large typhoon hit, there were some survivors that escaped the typhoon

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-04 08:01:30 UTC

Fact number 1.

The typhoon that hit Toya Maru had a name, it was known as No. 15 in Japan and named *Marie* in the West

Fact number 2.

Toya Maru had a length of 118.7 m And speeds up to 20 knots

Fact number 3.

It was launched 21 November 1947 and was first in use in 1948

Fact number 4.

Toya Maru had a capacity of 1,300 people and 128 crew.

Fact Number 5.

The japanes Toya Maru was finally found and Retrieved September 28, 2018.

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-04 08:05:12 UTC

There was not a lot of pollution in the Toya Maru accident there were only metal pieces and some oil that polluted the

ocean