Cruise Ship Sinkings And Groundings
Passenger Ship Groundings
Passenger Ship Sinkings
May 24, 2009 -
MV Commander 6 Sinking
February 17, 2009 -
Ocean Nova Grounding
December 4, 2008 -
M/V Ushuaia Grounding
November 11, 2008 -
Queen Elizabeth 2 Grounded
July 7, 2008 -
Spirit Of Glacier Bay Grounding
June 21, 2008 -
M/V Princess Of Star Sinks
June 04, 2008 -
Spirit Of Alaska off Alaska
May 19, 2008 -
Spirit Of The Rivers Sinks
May 04, 2008 -
Mona Lisa grounds off Latvia
March 26, 2008 -
Sky Wonder runs aground off Turkey
March 13, 2008 -
Georgis Grounding Off Greece
February 28, 2008 -
M/V Saurav Sinks After Collision
February 21, 2008 -
Almirante Monteiro Sinks
December 5, 2007 -
MV Lycianda grounding off Figi
November 23, 2007 -
MV Giorgis grounding off Greece
November 22, 2007 -
MV Explorer Hit Iceberg Then Sinks
November 8, 2007 -
Spirit Of Nantucket Grounding
October 28, 2007 -
M/V Abitibi Canada
September 18, 2007 -
Dream Princess severe grounding
August 19, 2007 -
Spirit Of Columbia grounding Alaska
June 27, 2007 -
Disko II grounded Greenland
May 14, 2007 -
Empress Of The North runs aground
April 15, 2007 -
Island Champion runs aground
April 5, 2007 -
Sea Diamond runs aground sinks.
January 29, 2007 -
MS Nordkapp runs aground
January 17, 2007 -
Sky Wonder runs aground
August 15, 2006 -
Carnival Cruise Lines Celebration goes aground in Nassau Bahamas
June 8, 2006 -
Norwegian Crown grounded
March 30, 2006 - 60+ Dead
Tourist ship capsizes off the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf
March 24, 2006 -
Empress Of The North runs aground
March 22, 2006 -
Queen Of The North sinks
February 2, 2006 - 1100 Dead
Al-Salaam Boccaccio sinks in Red Sea.
September 4, 2005
Engine failure results in P & O Pacific Sky grouding on reef, near Brisbane AU
July 7, 2005 - 200+ Dead
Overloaded ferry sinks off Indonesia's Papua province
Sept. 25, 2002 - 1000 Dead
Senegalese ferry capsizes in a storm off Gambia in West Africa
May 3, 2002 - 300+ Dead
Triple-decked ferry sinks in the Meghna River in Bangladesh.
October 19, 2001 - 374 Dead
Asylum-seekers from Afghanistan and Iraq on a refugee boat sinks en route from Indonesia to Australia.
December 17, 2000
Seabreeze I sunk 200 miles east of Cape Charles, Virginia. No passengers aboard at the time, 34 crew rescued.
May 1, 2000
World Discoverer developed a 20 degree list off the Solomon Islands and was run aground by her captain to stop it sinking further.
December 23, 1999 - 42 Dead
Ferry Asia-South Korea sinks off the coast of Cebu Island
November 26, 1999 - 16 Dead
Ferry Sleipner grounds then sinks off Norway in rough seas.
August 24, 1999 - 3 Injured
Norwegian Dawn collides with a burning container ship the Ever Decent off Britain's southeast coast.
May 20, 1999 - 10 Injured
Sun Vista catches fire and sinks
February 6, 1999 - 325 Dead
The Harta Rimba, a ship not licensed for passenger use, sinks in the South China Sea
October 27, 1998 - 31 Dead
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises' Fantome sinks during Hurricane Mitch off Honduras. Life rafts and jackets found floating.
September 18, 1998 - 150 Dead
Sulpicio’s MV Princess of the Orient sank near Fortune Island in Batangas.
July 27, 1998 -
Cruise West's Spirit of '98 grounds in Alaskan Tracy Arm.
June 10, 1998 - 4 Dead 1 Injured
The MV Moby Dick sinks in high seas
May 21, 1996 - 500+ Dead
Ferry sinks in Lake Victoria in east Africa
January 19, 1996 - 340 Dead
Ferry sinks in a storm off Sumatra, Indonesia
August 2, 1995 - 3 Dead
Club Royale casino ship sinks 90 miles east of Port Canaveral during Hurricane Erin as captain tries and fails to outrun Erin.
September 28, 1994 - 852 Dead
Ferry Estonia sinks during a storm in the Baltic Sea
August 20, 1994 - 250 Dead
Ferry sinks in a storm on the River Meghna in Bangladesh.
February 16, 1993 - 500+ Dead
Overcrowded ferry sinks between Jeremie and Port-au-Prince, Haiti
October 1, 1992 - 2 Dead
The freighter Roatan Express sinks 80 miles west of Fort Myers in the Gulf Of Mexico during high seas. Captain Gough and passenger Juana Rayes missing. 10 crew and 4 passengers were aboard. Gough gave his life jacket to a passenger right before the ship sank.
August 23, 1992 - 30 Dead
MS Royal Pacific rammed by fishing trawler
December 14, 1991 - 460+ Dead
Coral reef tears a hole in a ferry's side near the port of Safaga, Egypt.
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