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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. For a unified list of peacetime disasters by death toll, see List of accidents and disasters by death toll § Peacetime Maritime .
It was the highest maritime death toll in Hong Kong since 1971. 39 2022 United States: On 23 January, a boat carrying 40 migrants capsized off the coast of Fort Pierce, Florida. One survivor clinging to the boat was rescued, and one body was recovered by the Coast Guard. The remaining 38 passengers were never found. 39 2018 Indonesia
Sultana, the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. 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. This list covers those disasters where 30 or more lives were lost.
It is considered Australia's worst maritime disaster. Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 ...
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 ...
Almost half a century ago, one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history unfolded when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald cargo freighter sank in Lake Superior amid a potent storm that stirred up ...
The wreck of a ship which sank more than 200 years ago in one of the UK’s worst maritime disasters has been granted protection by the Government.