MV Curia is a bulk carrier ship bearing the flag of Switzerland. Its length is 190 meters, weighing 50,000 tonnes and built by Oshima Shipbuilding, Japan in 2001.
It played a role in saving two surviving Australians from a yacht accident in 2002. The yacht, Excalibur, was a 15.2 metres (50 ft) racing yacht owned by Alan Sanders from Melbourne. The ship was returning to Melbourne from Coff’s Harbour after competing in the 2002 Hamilton Island Race Week. Four out of the six crews died. Brian McDermott and John Rogers were the only ones survived, after spending seven hours drifting in the sea before being found and rescued by the MV Curia.
Quoted from reedereizurich.com and wikipedia.com
