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A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Because of the nature of maritime travel, there is often a substantial loss of life. The term maritime disaster can refer to both commercial ships and military naval ships.
The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. ... Disasters with great loss of life can occur in times of armed conflict. Shown ...
An unnamed ship carrying 72 people, mostly Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants, ran aground at Tripoli after drifting without fuel for 16 days. The ship had departed on 25 March in an attempt to reach Lampedusa, Italy. Last phone contact was on 26 March, and a French aircraft carrier within sight sent out reconnaissance flights overhead but did not ...
Between 241 and 289 lives lost when the ship caught fire. Third-greatest loss of life in any Great Lakes shipping disaster. Grand Traverse: 20 October 1896 The bulk carrier sank in a collision with the Livingstone. H.A. Barr: 24 August 1902 The barge sank off Point Stanley
The ironclad along with the other ships attacked from a distance and inflicted great damage on the ship, killing 120, including the commanding officer. After being fired upon with several rounds of hot shot (red-hot cannonballs) and incendiary, Congress burned to the water's edge, with her magazine exploding.
The storm was the deadliest, most destructive natural disaster in recorded history to hit the Great Lakes, killing more than 250 people, destroying nineteen ships and stranding nineteen others. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] About US$ 1 million of cargo—including coal, iron ore and grain—weighing about 68,300 tons was lost.
The ship lay upon her side for a minute or two, having seemingly run aground. Shortly afterwards at 02:10, about 14 minutes after the collision, the bow rose briefly out of the water and the ship finally sank. [9] Hundreds of people were thrown into the near-freezing water. The disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,012 people.
HMT Lancastria – The worst single disaster in British maritime history sunk by German aircraft in June, with at least 6,000 deaths, but most likely up to 7,000, making it one of the worst maritime disasters in history. 2,477 survived with 1,738 known dead; 6,000 people are known to have boarded, but many boarded later, and a total of up to ...