Explosion on MV Dara

Date: April 8, 1961 • Location: Umm Al Quwain City, United Arab Emirates

A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf killed 238 people.

MV Dara was a British passenger ship, built in 1948 by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. She travelled mostly between the Persian Gulf and the Indian subcontinent, carrying expatriate passengers who were employed in the nations of the Gulf.