MV Flare
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MV Flare, a bulk carrier en route from Rotterdam to Quebec, broke in two during severe weather approximately 45 min west of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon on January 16th 1998. The stern section of the bulk carrier sank within 30 minutes while the bow remained afloat for days. 21 crew members perished, 4 survived. Some of the crew on the sinking stern section saw the bow of another deep sea appear to approach them, only to realize that it was the separated front half of the Flare-the propeller on the stern section still turning, had brought them back towards it.
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