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Rescue ships were unable to assist due to the continuing storm, and it sank on the night of 25 October. The only survivor found was a pet dog. The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia is to this day the worst maritime accident in the history of British Columbia and Alaska. 343 1970 South Korea: Namyoung-ho – The ferry sank on 15 December.
HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.
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
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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2025 Ship State Description Unnamed submarine unknown An abandoned suspected narco-submarine was found by the fishing vessel Maria Cristina at the entrance to the Camarinas-Muxia estuary, Galicia, Spain. While being towed to the port of Camariñas it broke in two with the aft section sinking. [19]
Unable to launch a lifeboat because of the surrounding ice, the crew were forced to leap for safety onto the ice floes, the ice boat sinking shortly thereafter, at about 6 am. USNS Mission San Francisco United States: 7 March 1957 A fleet oil tanker, collided with the Liberian freighter Elna II while passing New Castle, caught fire and exploded.
Capsized and sank in the Red Sea, there was bad weather but the direct cause of the sinking is unknown, 185 dead bodies were recovered and 813 of them are missing and presumed dead, 998 casualties total. [9] 22 March 2006: MV Queen of the North: Failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank. 23 July 2006: MV Cougar Ace: Severely ...
Of the 374 officers and men aboard, 266 died immediately, another eight died later from their injuries. The ship's sinking precipitated the Spanish–American War. 274 1875 United States: Pacific – On 4 November the ship sank as a result of colliding with the steamship Orpheus southwest of Cape Flattery, Washington. Two of the 275 aboard ...