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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 2024 Ship State Description Atlantis: Flag unknown The 80-foot (24 m) superyacht sank 2 miles (3.2 km) off St. Augustine, Florida after striking a dredging pipe piling. [67] LCM 8558 United States Army: The Mark 8 LCM broke loose from a temporary pier in Gaza in heavy seas and washed ashore near Ashkelon, Israel. [68 ...
This is a list of New Zealand disasters by death toll, listing major peacetime disasters which occurred in New Zealand and its territories or involved a significant number of New Zealand citizens, in a specific incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.
A New Zealand naval ship that capsized and sank off Samoa last month had been left on autopilot. That's according to a preliminary investigation that found the ship's crew made a series of errors.
Those on board have since returned to New Zealand by plane. The specialist dive and hydrographic vessel had been in service for New Zealand since 2019, but was 20 years old and had previously belonged to Norway. The military said the ship, purchased for $100 million NZ dollars ($61 million), was not covered by replacement insurance.
Capsized in Japan’s Tsugaru Strait by Typhoon Marie (1954). 1,430 people aboard were killed in the accident. 8 December 1966: SS Heraklion: Unsecured refrigerator truck forced open midship loading door [4] 10 April 1968: TEV Wahine: Caught in storm Cyclone Giselle, ran aground on Barrett Reef, then capsized and sank off New Zealand); 53 dead.
New Zealand's Defence Minister on Thursday publicly criticised online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that sunk at the weekend, saying while the cause of the incident was unknown ...
On October 2 a ferry capsized and sank in Lake Kivu only 100 meters from its destination. 88 of the 276 people on board were killed. 88 2024 DR Congo: HB la Saintet – On June 12, the ship HB la Saintet experienced engine failure and sank in the Kasai River, a tributary of the Congo River. 86 people of the 271 aboard were confirmed dead. 86 2023