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MARITIME DISASTERS

Added on: 10th Dec 2014

 

THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE WARTIME DISASTERS.

 

HMS SUSSEX

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The Sussex was lost in a severe storm on 1 March 1694 off Gibraltar.

There were only two survivors out of a crew of 500.

 

 

OTTOMAN FRIGATE ERTUĞRUL

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Sank on 18 September 1890 after striking a reef during a typhoon

off Kushimoto, Japan. The maritime accident resulted in the loss of

533 sailors.

 

 

RMS ATLANTIC

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During the ship’s 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, it ran onto

rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, killing 535 people

 

 

SS GRANDCAMP

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On 16 April 1947, the French registered ex-liberty ship caught

fire and exploded dockside while being loaded with ammonium

nitrate at Texas City, Texas. In what came to be called the Texas City

Disaster an estimated 581 people, including 28 firefighters, were

killed and 5,000 were injured.

 

 

SS PRINCESS ALICE

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On 3 September 1878 the Princess Alice was sunk in a collision on

the River Thames with the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcock Point.

Over 650 people died making it the greatest loss of life in any

Thames shipping disaster.

 

 

SS NORGE

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On 28 June 1904 the Norge ran aground close to Rockall on

St. Helen’s Reef. The final death toll was 635 with 160 survivors who

spent up to eight days in open lifeboats before rescue.

 

 

MV PRINCESS OF THE STARS

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On 21 June 2008, the ferry Princess of the Stars capsized and sank

in Typhoon Fengshen off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon, in the

Philippines. Of the estimated 747 people aboard, only 57 survived.

 

 

SS CAMORTA

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The Camorta was caught in a cyclone and sank in the Irrawaddy Delta

on 6 May 1902 with the loss of all 655 passengers and 82 crew. She

was en route from Madras, India, to Rangoon, Burma, across the

Bay of Bengal.

 

 

HMS BULWARK

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On 26 November 1914, a powerful internal explosion ripped the

Bulwark apart in the River Medway estuary. All of her officers were

lost and out of 750 sailors only 14 sailors survived.

 


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