MV Princess of the Stars (alternatively, Princess of Stars) is a ferry owned by Filipino shipping company Sulpicio Lines that capsized off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon at the height of Typhoon Fengshen on June 22, 2008. (Fengshen passed directly over Romblon as a Category 2 storm.) Built in 1984, the 23,824-tonne ferry MV Princess of the Stars had a total passenger capacity of 1,992 people. DISASTER The MV Princess of the Stars, flagship of the Sulpicio Lines fleet, left the port of Manila on June 21, 2008 on its way to Cebu City. The number of passengers is variously reported between 700 and 800. The ferry sent a distress signal late on June 21 when its engines stalled in rough seas near Sibuyan Island. San Fernando mayor Nanette Tansingco sent a speedboat and confirmed that the ferry had a hole in the hull, was partially submerged and that several bodies had been found nearby. As of June 23, four bodies were recovered by the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy....