1996 MV Bukoba disaster

The lake ferry was underway from Bukoba to Mwanza on 21 May 1996 when she sank about 30 nautical miles off Mwanza in 25 metres of water. Officially 114 people survived. Accounts of the toll differ, one giving more than 700 dead and another around 1,000, and it is described as one of the largest shipping disasters on Lake Victoria.

Date
1996-05-21
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
800
What the pin marks
The position the cited page gives in Lake Victoria, where she capsized on the way to Mwanza.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Bukoba

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: ferry, lake victoria, tanzania, 1996

Coordinates: -1.98389, 32.31861

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