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Dunkerque Seaways ferry accidents and incidents

Dunkerque Seaways ferry cruise ship
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Former names
Maersk Dunkerque (Norfolkline)

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CruiseMapper's Dunkerque Seaways ferry cruise ship accidents, incidents and law news reports relate to a 1000-passenger vessel owned by DFDS SEAWAYS (Ferries). Our Dunkerque Seaways ferry accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources, US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.

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  • boat rescue - 2019 (15 Iranian migrants)

In the period 2005-2010, the vessel was operated under the name "Maersk Dunkerque" by Norfolkline (Maersk-owned shipping company, acquired by DFDS Seaways in July 2010.

28 October 2019Boat Rescue

On October 28, 2019, the cruise ship reported a dinghy with a group of 15 migrants. The wooden boat (with 15 Iranian men) was spotted at 6:32 am, during the regular Channel crossing from France to England (Dunkirk-Dover). The Dover Coastguard requested the DFDS ship to stand by the boat until ~7 am when the British and French maritime authorities arrived at the scene.

The ferry itself was not involved in the operation, for which were deployed a warship and two Border Force vessels (from France) and a lifeboat and a Coastguard helicopter (from Dover).

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