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{{Short description|Turkish cargo ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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| country = {{nowrap|Belize}}
| flag = {{shipboxflag|Belize}}
| name = *''Sun Bright'' (1990)
*''Bright Pescadores'' (1997)
*''ID Leader'' (1999)
*''Lin Yang'' (2003)
*''Princess Miral''
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| identification = *{{IMO|9016727}}
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| launched = 11 June 1990
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| registry = {{flagicon|Belize}} [[Belize]]
| owner = {{flagicon|Turkey}} 7 Ocean Shipping
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| class = General [[cargo ship]]
| tonnage = *{{DWT|8,975}}
*{{GT|5,552}}
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}}'''MV ''Princess Miral''''' was a [[Belize|Belizian]]-flagged, [[Turkey|Turkish]]-owned cargo ship which ran aground and sank off the coast of India in June 2022.

== Description ==
''Princess Miral'' was a general cargo ship with a summer deadweight of {{DWT|8,975}} and a gross tonnage of {{GT|5,552}}. It was {{Convert|98|m|ft}} long and {{Convert|19|m|ft}} wide.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PRINCESS MIRAL, General Cargo Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9016727 - VesselFinder |url=https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/PRINCESS-MIRAL-IMO-9016727-MMSI-312521000 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.vesselfinder.com}}</ref>

== History ==
The ship was built in 1990 as '''''Sun Bright''''', and was renamed several times over the course of its career to '''''Bright Pescadores''''', '''''ID Leader''''', '''''Lin Yang''''', and finally ''Princess Miral''.<ref name=":0" />

=== Sinking ===
On 20 June 2022, ''Princess Miral'' was transiting off the coast of [[Ullal]], India, while carrying a cargo of steel coils from [[Malaysia]] to [[Lebanon]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=23 June 2022 |title=Mangaluru: Cargo ship MV ''Princess Miral'' from which Syrians were rescued sinks |work=Daiji World |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=971808 |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> During severe weather, the ship sustained a serious hull breach towards its front and was taking on water, and it was [[Ship grounding|grounded]] in order to prevent sinking. The next day, its 15 Syrian crewmembers were successfully evacuated from the ship by [[Indian Coast Guard]] [[Search and rescue|search-and-rescue]] teams on the ships ''[[ICGS Vikram|Vikram]]'' and ''[[ICGS Amartya|Amartya]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Naina |first=J.A. |date=21 June 2022 |title=Indian Coast Guard rescues 15 Syrian mariners from stranded ship |work=Deccan Herald |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/indian-coast-guard-rescues-15-syrian-mariners-from-stranded-ship-1120170.html |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=22 June 2022 |title=Indian Coast Guard rescues 15 Syrian mariners off New Mangaluru |work=Daiji World |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=971271 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> The crew were transported to a foreigners' detention facility in [[Nelamangala]], to be eventually repatriated to their own country.<ref name=":2" />

By 22 June, the ship was still grounded, and its owner was attempting to organize a rescue operation to save it. Additionally, salvage teams arrived from [[Mumbai]] to assess the possibility of salvaging the cargo of steel coils. However, the ship sunk completely on 23 June before any rescue could be organized. Instead, a Singapore-based agency began to investigate ways to extract the remaining 220 tonnes of fuel from the ship in order to prevent a [[Oil spill|spill]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=24 June 2022 |title=MV Princess Miral: Oil spill threat from sunken foreign ship, Coast Guard campaign to tackle potential marine pollution |work=Pipa News |url=https://pipanews.com/mv-princess-miral-oil-spill-threat-from-sunken-foreign-ship-coast-guard-campaign-to-tackle-potential-marine-pollution/ |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>

As part of the efforts to contain pollution, India dispatched two aircraft and eight ships to the site of the shipwreck, including the pollution control vessel ''[[ICGS Samudra Pavak|Samudra Pavak]].'' By 24 June, only minor oil leakage was detected from the engine and water tanks.<ref name=":3" /> On 25 June, ''Samudra Pavak'' arrived at the shipwreck and [[Boom (containment)|containment booms]] were placed at the mouth of a nearby river to prevent contamination.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dixon |first=Gary |date=27 June 2022 |title=India on alert for pollution after Turkish cargo ship sinks |work=TradeWinds News |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/india-on-alert-for-pollution-after-turkish-cargo-ship-sinks/2-1-1246088 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>

=== Crew Abandonment ===
On 4 June, the crew declared themselves officially abandoned, after receiving no wages for a period of at least two months. According to the UN [[International Labour Organization|International Labor Organisation]], the Ship Operator attempted to make the crew sign fake wage receipts to demonstrate that they had been paid,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Database on reported incidents of abandonment of seafarers - Details for IMO9016727 (2022-06-21) |url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersbrowse.details?p_lang=en&p_abandonment_id=672&p_search_id=220819130626 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.ilo.org}}</ref> threatening to withhold their repatriation until they had done so.

== References ==
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{{2022 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:1990 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2022]]
[[Category:Cargo ships of Turkey]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of India]]

MV Princess Miral - Revision history

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