MV Dara: Unfortunate Titanic of the Middle East
On 8 April 1961, the MV Dara took its tragic final voyage. The ship sank off the coast of Dubai after an onboard explosion. The ship was a Dubai-based passenger liner. The Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd company built the ship in 1948. The ship had a total of four decks and it generally traveled between the Persian Gulf and the Indian Subcontinent. The Ship would make travels between Pakistan, India, and Dubai. However, the ship sank on 8 April 1961. The final report about MV Dara’s sinking investigation revealed that the ship sank due to an explosion on deck. The unfortunate event killed 238 out of 819 people that were on board at the time of the explosion.
People would later remember the ship as the Unfortunate Titanic of the Middle East. This is because of the large size of the ship an...