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2015 Libya: Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck of 13 April 2015 – A vessel carrying migrants and refugees bound for Europe sank 24 hours after leaving the Libyan coast, possibly after the passengers capsized the boat trying to get the attention of an Italian rescue team. An estimated 400 people drowned, while at least 144 survivors were ...
The Mariana dam disaster, also known as the Bento Rodrigues or Samarco dam disaster, occurred on 5 November 2015, when the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo (40 km (25 mi ...
The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. For a unified list of peacetime disasters by death toll, ...
It is the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in China's history, and the worst maritime disaster ... As of 2015, the ship was 76 metres (249 ft 4 in) ...
The decommissioned Annapolis-class destroyer was scuttled as an artificial reef and long-term marine habitat in Halkett Bay Provincial Park off Gambier Island in Howe Sound on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. [75] The wreck sits upright at a depth of 32 metres (105 ft), with the top of the ship reaching a depth of 10.5 metres (34 ft). [76]
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.
The Mobile Bay Sailing Disaster was a maritime disaster during the 57th Annual Dauphin Island Yacht Race, in Mobile Bay, Alabama on April 25, 2015. [1] The event resulted in the deaths of six sailors, one of whose body was never recovered, and 8 sunken vessels.
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