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Cruise ships that sank, including ones that were later salvaged. Including ocean liners converted into cruise ships during or after the 1960s, but excluding ocean liners which sank before the 1960s, and ocean liners which sank after the 1960s without ever being converted into a cruise ship. See also List of cruise ships.
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.
List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy; List of Allied ships lost to Italian surface vessels in the Mediterranean (1940–43) List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy; List of United States Navy losses in World War II
Here are some of the most notable cruise ship horror stories and foibles of the past few decades. gionnixxx/istockphoto. ... the sinking of a Chinese river cruise ship, in June 2015. Close to 450 ...
An anti-aircraft ship that sank in Portland Harbour on the coast of Dorset, England, a day after suffering heavy damage in a German dive bomber attack. 50°34′37″N 002°25′10″W / 50.57694°N 2.41944°W / 50.57694; -2.41944 ( HMS Foylebank
In 1965 Achille Lauro bought the ship, had it converted into a cruise ship, and renamed it after himself. In 1985 it was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front. The ship was also involved in two serious collisions: in 1953 with the Oranje, and in 1975 with the cargo ship Youseff. It also suffered four onboard fires or explosions ...
Survivors of a storm that sank a superyacht off the coast of Sicily recounted their ordeal, with some saying it took minutes for the 180-foot ship to go down.
A tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor. USNS Mission San Miguel United States: 8 October 1957 A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef. USS S-28 United States Navy: 4 July 1944 An S-class submarine that sunk off Oahu. USS Saginaw United States Navy: 29 October 1870 A sloop-of-war that ran aground off Kure Atoll.