Felicity Ace

Felicity Ace was a 60,000 tonne roll-on/roll-off cargo ship (pure car/truck carrier) built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard in 2005. It was owned and operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan, and the ship was registered in Panama. The ship caught fire in February 2022 south of the Azores, while transporting vehicles from Germany to the United States — subsequently capsizing and sinking in early March, carrying cargo with an estimated worth over $400 million. Felicity Ace was designed for the dedicated carriage of cars and trucks. The length of the vessel was 200 m (656 ft), the beam 32.26 m (105.8 ft) and the service draught 9.7 m (32 ft). The vessel's deadweight was 17,738 tonnes, with a gross tonnage of 60,118. It was powered by a single main diesel engine rated at 15,286 kW (20,500 hp), giving a service speed of 22.3 knots (41.3 km/h; 25.7 mph). The ship was built at Shin Kurushima Dockyard's Ōnishi facility in Imabari, Ehime, Japan, at Yard No. 5306 for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) of Japan and issued with IMO number 9293911. The ship's keel was laid on 9 December 2004, and it was launched on 2 July 2005. Felicity Ace was completed on 5 October 2005 and delivered to MOL in the registered ownership of Aurora Car Maritime Transport SA under the Panamanian flag.