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{{short description|Container ship}}
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|Ship name=* ''MOL Comfort'' (2012–2013)
* ''APL Russia'' (2008–2012) |Ship owner=* Ural Container Carriers SA (2011–2013)<ref name="classnk">{{csr|register=CLASSNK|id=305153|shipname=MOL Comfort|accessdate=2013-06-18}}</ref><ref name="equasis">{{csr|register=E|id=9358761|shipname=MOL Comfort|accessdate=2013-06-18}}</ref>
* MOL Euro-Orient Shipping SA (2008–2011)<ref name="equasis"/> |Ship operator=* [[Mitsui O.S.K. Lines|Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL)]] (2012–2013
* [[American President Lines|American President Lines (APL)]] (2008–2012)
▲|[[Mitsui O.S.K. Lines|Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL)]] (2012–2013){{br}}[[American President Lines|American President Lines (APL)]] (2008–2012)
|Ship registry=[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}
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* {{MMSI|311006900}}
|Ship fate=Broke in two on 17 June 2013. Stern section sank on 27 June and bow section on 11 July.
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|Ship tonnage=* {{GT|86,692}}
* {{NetT|48,825}} * {{DWT|90,613}} |Ship length={{convert|316|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|45.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship depth={{convert|25|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=Mitsubishi-[[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] [[Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C|11RT-flex96C]],
|Ship propulsion=Single shaft; fixed-pitch propeller
|Ship speed={{convert|25.25|kn}}
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'''''MOL Comfort''''' was a 2008-built [[Bahamas|Bahamian-flagged]] [[post-Panamax]] [[container ship]] chartered by [[Mitsui O.S.K. Lines]]. The vessel was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in 2008 as '''''APL Russia''''' and sailed under that name until 2012, when the ship was renamed to ''MOL Comfort''. On 17 June 2013, she broke in two about {{convert|200|nmi}} off the coast of [[Yemen]]. The aft section sank on 27 June and the bow section, after having been destroyed by fire, on 11 July.
== General characteristics ==
With an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|316|m|ftin}} long, moulded [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|45.6|m|ftin}} and fully laden [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|14.5|m|ftin}}, ''MOL Comfort'' was too large to transit the [[Panama Canal]] and was thus referred to as a [[Panamax#Post-Panamax and Post-Neopanamax ships|post-Panamax]] [[container ship]]. She measured 86,692 in [[gross tonnage]] and 48,825 in [[net tonnage]], and had a [[deadweight tonnage]] of 90,613 tonnes. The container capacity of the ship, measured in [[twenty-foot equivalent unit]]s (TEU), was 8,110 of which 4,616 TEU is stored on the deck and 3,494 TEU in the [[Cargo hold|holds]].<ref name="classnk" />
Like most large container ships, ''MOL Comfort'' was propelled by a single low-speed two-stroke [[crosshead]] [[diesel engine]] coupled to a fixed-pitch propeller. Her main engine, a [[straight-11 engine|11-cylinder]]
The hatch side [[coaming]]s in modern container ships are subjected to the highest stress of all structural members in the ship. This is due to the large openings in the strength deck needed for loading and unloading containers in the cargo holds. Plate thicknesses up to {{convert|90|mm|in}} are used to keep the stress levels acceptable. ''MOL Comfort''{{'}}s [[sister ship]], 2007-built {{ship||MOL Creation}}, was the first container ship classified by [[Nippon Kaiji Kyokai]] to use ultra-high-strength steel with a [[yield strength]] of 470{{nbsp}}MPa in these structures to reduce the steel weight by avoiding extreme plate thicknesses.<ref>
== Career ==
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=== Shipwreck ===
On 17 June 2013, ''MOL Comfort'' suffered a crack amidships in bad weather about {{convert|200|nmi|lk=in}} off the coast of Yemen and eventually broke into two after [[Hogging and sagging|hogging]]. The vessel was underway from [[Singapore]] to [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], with a cargo of 4,382 containers equivalent to 7,041 TEU. The crew of
On 24 June, four oceangoing [[tugboat]]s arrived at the scene and began towing the bow section to safety.<ref name="mitsui10">
On 2 July, the tow of the bow section broke free in bad weather,<ref>
The exact cause of the accident is not known. On 4 July, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines appointed [[Lloyd's Register]] to support investigations into the cause of the incident.<ref>
The sinking of ''MOL Comfort'' cost
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== References ==
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