The MV Danny F II, originally launched as Don Carlos in 1975, is a notable cargo vessel with a significant operational history. Built by Oy Wärtsilä Ab at the Turku shipyard in Finland (yard number 1220), she was launched on 14 November 1975 and completed by April 1976. The vessel measures approximately 202.62 meters (664 feet 9 inches) in length, with a beam of 28.15 meters (92 feet 4 inches) and a draught of 8.48 meters (27 feet 10 inches). Her gross tonnage was 14,478 GT, with a net tonnage of 7,258 NT, and she had a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 14,800. Powered by a Sulzer 6RND 90 diesel engine, she could reach speeds of up to 20 knots. Initially registered for Rederei AB Soya in Stockholm, Don Carlos served as a car carrier until she was transferred to Wallenius Lines Singapore Ptd Ltd in 1985. In 1994, she was sold to BSA Transportation Pte Ltd., also of Singapore, and was renamed Danny F II following a significant rebuild to serve as a livestock transporter at Pan United Shipyards in Singapore. She was reflagged multiple times: to Liberia in 1995, to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 2000, and later to Panama in 2005. Throughout her service, Danny F II was involved in notable rescue operations, including the 2000 rescue of 25 crew members from the vessel Madona. Her operational history was marred by issues such as detention at Adelaide in 2005 due to various equipment defects, including watertight door problems and faulty navigation lights. Her most tragic event occurred on 17 December 2009, when she capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon while en route from Montevideo to Tartus. Carrying 83 people and livestock—over 10,000 sheep and nearly 18,000 cattle—the vessel foundered in bad weather, resulting in the loss of many lives. Despite a large-scale rescue effort involving ships from the Italian Navy, German Navy, Lebanese Armed Forces, and air support from the Royal Air Force, only 40 individuals were rescued, with 11 confirmed dead and 32 missing. The sinking of Danny F II remains a significant maritime incident, highlighting the dangers of livestock transport at sea and the challenges of rescue operations in severe weather conditions.

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