MV DoÃ±a Paz. Called the greatest peace time maritime disaster in history, in 1987 the sinking of the MV DoÃ±a Paz led to 4,341 deaths with only 24 survivors. The ferry was en route to the capital of the Philippines when it collided with an oil tanker leaving both ships and the surrounding ocean to light up in flames.
One year, to their amazement, the carcass contained a jade harpoonâ the kind of harpoon that had not been used in the past hundred years. at least 100 years old. Sure enough, it turned out that the blue whales can live up to 110 years. By the way, this is called the footprint of the whale.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Beluga whales live about 35 to 50 years. Male Beluga Whales usually live around 35 years in the wild and 45 in captivity. Female Beluga Whales usually live around 45 years in the wild and 55 in captivity. The longest living beluga whale recorded was called Mejay and lived at SeaWorld San Antonio and died in 1997 at 87 years old and the record age for the wild is 71 years old made by a female beluga whale.