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Puzzle #32 was MV Le Joola.
MV Le Joola was a Senegalese government-owned roll-on/roll-off ferry that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002, with 1,863 deaths and 64 survivors. The majority of passengers were Senegalese, including 854 to 923 Senegalese-French nationals on board. It is thought to be the third-worst peacetime disaster in maritime history, and the worst in the 21st century.
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What the record says
Puzzle 32 ran on 10 Aug 2026 and the answer was MV Le Joola, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - ferry; Flag - Senegal; Tonnage - 1-10k; Builder - Neue Schiffswerft Germersheim. The numbers: Launched - 1990; Length - 79.5 m. 1 of the 7 columns is blank in the source (Status), so nobody could score it either way.
The photograph is by Yaamboo, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
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How it scored
- Type
- ferry
- Flag
- Senegal
- Launched
- 1990
- Tonnage
- 1-10k
- Length
- 79.5 m
- Status
- Not recorded
- Builder
- Neue Schiffswerft Germersheim