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On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany in order to perform a sail-by salute, sailed closer to the island than intended, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor.
Jupiter was originally known as Moledet ("Fatherland") and was a passenger ship registered in the port of Haifa in 1961. The 7,810-tonne vessel was built for Zim (Israel Navigation Company Ltd) and sailed regular voyages around the Mediterranean. [1] In September 1970, Moledet was sold to Epirotiki Line, a Greek shipping company, and renamed ...
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
An explosion sank a sanctioned Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday night, Russian authorities said, leaving two crew members missing. The crisis center of the Russian Foreign ...
The Red Sea coast is a major tourist destination in Egypt, however while dozens of dive boats operate every day the robust safety regulations are unevenly enforced.Earlier in November 2024, 30 people were rescued from a sinking boat near the Daedalus reef, in June 2024 24 French tourists were evacuated before the boat sank, and in 2023 three British tourists died after a fire broke out on ...
The crown ship of King Eric XIV of Sweden's fleet. The gunpowder store exploded and as many as 1,000 people, including Swedes and the invading Lübeckians, died. [2] 900–1100 1692 France: Soleil Royal – On 3 June, in the Battle of La Hougue, the French flagship was attacked by 17 ships
Hungary has detained the captain of a Swiss-based cruise ship involved in a collision with a small motor boat on the Danube River late on Saturday that killed two people, with five others still ...
Experts believe that the tally for Tuesday’s accident could top the $1.5 billion settlement paid in 2012 by the owners of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy ...