13 Worst Cruise Ship Disasters
Of the 4200 aboard 32 died and 64.
13 worst cruise ship disasters. The ship was carrying many illegal immigrants about fifty of whom were killed as well as ten crew members four of whom died. Built in 2003 the Lirica is definitely on the older side of cruise ships which never bodes well. Pati On 1 January 2001 the cargo ship Pati ran aground broke in two and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Antalya Turkey.
The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Titanic in 1912 with over 1500 fatalities is probably the most famous shipwreck but not the biggest in terms of lives lostThe wartime sinking of the German Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945 in World War II by a Soviet Navy submarine with an estimated loss of about 9400 people remains the deadliest isolated maritime disaster ever excluding such. Technicians pass in a small boat near the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia lying aground in front of the Isola del Giglio on January 26 2012. The vessel was deployed to evacuate German troops and.
Alarmingly at least one former customer complained of a constant smell of sewage. Couple Except for our experience with you medical personnel and the embarkation process it was a good cruise bocathill. The worst among all disastrous events at sea are.
10 Worst Cruise Ship Disasters in History Melanie Jones International Business Times January 13 2016 Six passengers have been confirmed dead so far in the sinking of Italian luxury liner the Costa Concordia with the captain of the cruise ship and its first mate under investigation by local authorities for manslaughter and for abandoning the. 23 13 Worst Cruise Ship Disasters Most Popular. The Empress of the North cruise ship that hit a rock off Juneau Alaska.
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Some of the passengers were airlifted off of the ship individually and some had to wait 24 hours for relief according to The Washington Post. This Italian cruise ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Tuscany Italy in January 2012 and toppled onto its side. 7 February 1962 Luisenthal Mining Disaster Saarland West Germany.
