Famous Cruise Ship Sinkings

Herein are mentioned worlds top ten ships sunk by accident with icebergs in terms of lives lost.

Famous cruise ship sinkings. On August 15 1901 it hit an iceberg at Pt. The eight ships that scored below 85 include. Islander 1901 Death toll 40.

Estonia Estline The ship sunk in the Baltic sea in the worst disaster at sea in recent years -- approximately 852 passengers and crew perished when the ship sunk September. At least since Titanic cruise accidents have sparked new safety standards. List of White Star Line ships that sank.

A distress signal was quickly dispatched and all crew and passengers. In 1910 she became an employee of White Star Line and started working on the biggest civilian vessel of that time the Olympic. But although most White Star Line ships enjoyed successful careers a number of ships other than Titanic serving the White Star Line sank both as a result of accident and as a result of enemy action during war time.

Silversea Cruises ship Silver Spirit. MS Aleksandr Suvorov Russia-Volga River cruise ship crashed into a railway bridge girder still in service 177 killed year 1983 TSMS Lakonia caught fire and sank near Madeira island Portugal 128 drowned year 1963 MS Bulgaria Russia-Volga River cruise ship sank in the Kuybyshev Reservoir in Tatarstan Russia 122 drowned year 2011. Oceania Cruises ship Oceania Insignia.

2 MV Doña Paz. 5 Cruise Ship Disasters That Changed Travel. The worst of cruise ship disasters are incidents such as Costa Concordia the Titanic or the SS.

On November 13 1942 during a battle with Japanese forces at Guadalcanal the USS Juneau suffered severe damage to her port side. The original cruise ship disaster the unsinkable ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912 and sank into the icy water killing more than 1500 of. Lawrence River a total loss.