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The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. For a unified list of peacetime disasters by death toll, see List of accidents and disasters by death toll § Peacetime Maritime .
All 31 people on board were killed. 31 2009 Dubai: Demas Victory – A Dubai-based supply ship capsized 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of the Qatari capital, Doha in rough seas on 30 June, at 6:30am local time. Over 30 people were accounted as missing. [52] 30 2014 Italy
The term maritime disaster can refer to both commercial ships and military naval ships. A maritime disaster can result in one or more of the following simultaneously; Loss of life; Pollution of marine environment (in case of oil spill, foul discharge of materials, sulphur emitted from fuels, etc.) Degradation of the aquatic ecosystem
Sri Lanka investigating possible slick around X-Press Pearl vessel, which burned for 13 days and lost cargo to the sea before sinking and getting stuck on the seafloor.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Maritime disasters" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 ...
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...
Like the disaster that inspired both Titan’s name and journey, last week’s submersible disaster captured the world. Millions waited with bated breath to learn the fate of the sub’s five ...
The 1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident refers to one of the worst maritime disasters in human history [2] that occurred on 25 May 1986 on the Meghna River in Bangladesh, killing 600 passengers. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The incident occurred when the overloaded MV Shamia , a two-decker merchant ship ferry, sank while carrying about 1,000 - 1,500 people ...