Car carrier FELICITY ACE issued a distress signal in the morning of Feb 16 some 90 nm SSW of Azores, Atlantic, and reported fire in one of the cargo decks. The ship is en route from Emden Germany to North Kingstown USA. FELICITY ACE went NUC soon after issuing a distress signal, 22 crew were reported, evacuated. Ship’s AIS as of 1450 UTC Feb 16 was still on, disabled ship drifting in eastern direction. Portugal Navy and nearby ships have been engaged in rescue. It’s not confirmed though, that all the crew abandoned the ship.
Vehicles Carrier FELICITY ACE is currently located at UKC – Azores at position 37° 27′ 11.7″ N, 029° 54′ 28.8″ Was reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-02-16 19:48 UTC (6 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from Southwest direction at force 5 Beaufort.
The vessel departed from EMDEN, DE on 2022-02-10 18:51 LT (UTC +1) and is currently sailing at 2.7 knots with East direction heading to DAVISVILLE, US with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-02-23 10:00 LT (UTC +1) local time (in 6 days, 13 hours )
FELICITY ACE (IMO: 9293911) is a Vehicles Carrier that was built in 2005 (17 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
Its carrying capacity is 17738 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 9.2 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 199.99 meters and her width is 32.26 meters.
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Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko + Marine Traffic
