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On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany in order to perform a sail-by salute, sailed closer to the island than intended, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor.
The ship was towed and beached. 33 people died while around 200 passengers were rescued. [51] 33 2012 Italy: Costa Concordia – The Italian cruise ship ran aground, capsized and sank in shallow waters on 13 January off the Isola del Giglio, killing 32 people (27 passengers and 5 crewmembers) out of 3,216 passengers and 1,013 crewmembers aboard. 32
MS Sea Diamond was a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines.She was built in 1984 by Valmet, Finland for Birka Line as Birka Princess.The ship ran aground near the Greek island of Santorini 5 April 2007, and sank the next day leaving two passengers missing and presumed dead.
After the ship sank just before 5 a.m. local time, 15 people, including a 1-year-old, were pulled from the water. Some were rescued from a life raft by the crew of a ship docked nearby.
The shipwreck of a luxury yacht moored off the coast of Sicily is the latest sign that the Mediterranean is becoming a more dangerous sea to sail in, climate experts and skippers say. One man died ...
Capsized and partially sank in 2012 off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. Salvaged in 2014 and subsequently scrapped in Genoa, Italy in 2017. General characteristics [2] Class and type: Concordia-class cruise ship: Tonnage: 114,147 GT: Length: 290.20 m (952 ft 1 in) 247.4 m (811 ft 8 in) (between perpendiculars) Beam: 35.50 m (116 ft 6 in) Draught
The sleek yacht, named the Bayesian, was carrying a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers when it suddenly sank near the Mediterranean island that is part of Italy at about 4 a.m. on Monday. One ...
A refugee ship/boat caught fire, capsized and at least partially sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 195 kilometres (121 mi) off the Calabrian coast. Eleven of more than 60 people onboard were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. [83]