Editing MV Doña Paz (section)

==Service history==
''Doña Paz'' was built in 1963 by Onomichi Zosen of [[Onomichi, Hiroshima]], Japan. It was originally named the ''Himeyuri Maru''.<ref name=mm>{{cite web |author=R.B.Haworth |title=Search results for "5415822" |url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=5415822 |work=Miramar Ship Index |location=Wellington, New Zealand |year=2006 |access-date=December 13, 2008 |archive-date=April 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408012735/http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the time she travelled Japanese waters, she had a passenger capacity of 608.<ref name=pdi3>{{cite news|author1=Acosta, Omar|author2=Veridiano, Dave|author3=Ronquillo, Marlen|name-list-style=amp|title=Doña Paz Overloaded; Inquiry Set|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=December 23, 1987}}</ref> In October 1975, it was sold to [[Sulpicio Lines]], a Filipino operator of a fleet of passenger ferries, and was renamed ''Don Sulpicio''. It served the [[Manila]] to [[Cebu]] sector as its primary route''.''<ref name="pdi3"/> The vessel became one of the company's two flagship vessels, the other one being the ''[[MV Doña Marilyn|Doña Ana]]'' (later renamed ''Doña Marilyn'').

On June 5, 1979, the vessel was gutted by fire on its usual Manila-Cebu journey. All 1,164 aboard were rescued but the vessel was beached and declared a [[constructive total loss]]. The wreck was repurchased from the underwriters by Sulpicio Lines, and repaired. Structural changes were made and it returned to service with the new name ''Doña Paz''.<ref name="Hooke"/>

As the MV ''Philippine Princess'' had already become the flagship of Sulpicio Lines serving the Manila-Cebu sector, the ''Doña Paz'' was reassigned to serve the Manila–[[Tacloban]] route, with the return voyage having a stop in [[Catbalogan]]. Sulpicio Lines operated the ''Doña Paz'' on this route, making voyages twice a week, until the time of its sinking.<ref name="sc1">{{cite court|litigants=Caltex Philippines v. Sulpicio Lines|vol=374|reporter=Phil.|opinion=325|court=[[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]|date=September 30, 1999|url=http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1999/sep1999/gr_131166_1999.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MSNBC World News/Asia Pacific|website=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32712754|access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>