MV Derbyshire

MV Derbyshire

MV Derbyshire was an ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built in 1976 by Swan Hunter, as the last in the series of the Bridge-class sextet. She was registered at Liverpool and owned by Bibby Line.

She was lost September 9 1980 during Typhoon Orchid, south of Japan. All hands (42 crew and two women married to crew members) were lost. At 91,655 gross tons she was, and remains, the largest British ship ever to have been lost at sea.