Cruise Ship Sinking

Ship Groundings

Spirit of Nantucket Cruise West Grounding Virginia Beach

Spirit of Nantucket Cruise West Grounding Virginia Beach – The Spirit Of Nantucket owned by Cruise West was on a 10-day cruise when it ran aground in the Inter-coastal Waterway near Virginia Beach, Virginia around [...]
Ship Groundings

Statendam Cruise Ship Near Grounding Victoria Australia

Statendam Cruise Ship Near Grounding Victoria Australia – On December 6, 2006, Holland America Line Statendam had a near grounding incident in shallow harbor at Queenscliff rip. “The Rip”, also known as “The Heads”, is a [...]
Ship Sinkings

MV Princess of the Orient Cruise Ship Sulpicio Lines Sinking

MV Princess of the Orient Cruise Ship Sulpicio Lines Sinking – On September 18, 1998, the 13,935-ton, 195.1-metre (640 ft) long Princess of the Orient, sailed from Manila to Cebu during a typhoon. The typhoon [...]
Ship Groundings

Escapade Trade Winds Casino Cruise Ship Grounded Tybee Island Georgia

Trade Winds Casino Cruise Ship Escapade Grounded Tybee Island Georgia (see video below) On Wednesday July 16, 2014 around 0:00 hours, the Trade Winds Casino cruise ship named Escapade was sailing on her maiden voyage when [...]
Ship Sinkings

MV Bukoba Ferry Sinking Lake Victoria Bukoba Africa

MV Bukoba Ferry Sinking Lake Victoria Bukoba Africa – On May 21, 1996, TRC Marine Division’s Ships manifest for MV Bukoba’s final voyage showed 443 passengers in 1st-2nd class cabins, but cheaper third class accommodation had [...]

Steam Ship City of Chester Sinking San Francisco Bay

Steam Ship SS City of Chester Sinking San Francisco Bay – On August 22, 1888 the Steam Ship, “The City of Chester” was outbound from port as RMS Oceanic was inbound and the two collided. [...]
Almirante Monteiro Ferry Sinks Amazon River Brazil
Thao Van 2 Sinks on Han River Da Nang Vietnam

Star Pride Windstar Cruises Grounding Near Isla de Coiba Panama

Windstar Cruises Star Pride Grounding 200 Passengers 160 Crew Near Isla de Coiba Panama – On December 22, 2015, Windstar Cruises reported on their Facebook page that Star Pride had grounded near Isla de Coiba, [...]
Ocean Nova Quark Expeditions Cruise Ship Grounded Antarctica
MV Ushuaia Cruise Ship Grounded Gerlache Strait Antarctica

Viking Freya Collision Viking Cruises September 11, 2016

Viking Freya Collision Danube River Bridge Erlangen Germany

Viking Freya collided with low railroad bridge on Danube River near Erlangen, Germany September 11, 2016, two crew members die. The wheel house was crushed when the Viking Freya collided with the bridge, killing 49-year-old […]

MV Ptarmigan Iceberg Collision Alaska June 6, 2008

MV Ptarmigan Iceberg Collision Injures Cruise Ship Passengers Portage Lake Alaska

Iceberg Collision Injures Cruise Ship Passengers Portage Lake Alaska – On June 6, 2008, about 1600 hours local time, the tour boat MV Ptarmigan struck an iceberg in Portage Lake, Alaska (see video below). There are ten […]

Silver Shadow Cruise Ship Collision March 16, 2012

Silver Shadow Heavy Fog Collision Ha Long Bay Vietnam

Silver Shadow Collision March 16, 2012 – Silverseas Cruises’ Silver Shadow (see video below) Collided with a cargo ship while sailing in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay during heavy fog. The cruise ship loaded with passengers […]

Crown Princess Cruise Ship Severe Listing Port Canaveral Florida

Crown Princess Cruise Ship Severe Listing Port Canaveral Florida (see video below) – At 1406 hours on July 18, 2006, the Bermuda-registered cruise ship MV Crown Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, departed Port Canaveral, Florida, […]

Pacific Sun P&O Cruises Severe Listing 42 Passengers Injured

P&O Cruises Pacific Sun Severe Listing 42 Passengers Injured – On July 30, 2008, at about 2000 hours the P & O Pacific Sun (see video below) was bobbing in heavy seas, 21 foot swells […]

Panagia Tinou, Listing, Ventouris Sea Lines April 26, 2016

Panagia Tinou Ferry Ventouris Sea Lines’ Severe Listing Piraeus Greece

Ventouris Sea Lines’ Panagia Tinou Ferry Severe Listing at the Port of Piraeus in Greece – On April 26, 2016, Ventouris Sea Lines’ Panagia Tinou ferry began taking on water through a damaged hull and […]

Louis Majesty Damaged by Waves March 3, 2010

Louis Majesty Three Waves Damaged Two Passengers Killed

Three Waves Damaged Louis Majesty Two Passengers Killed March 3, 2010 – Numerous reports are saying the triple battering ram waves (see video below) that hit Louis Majesty were rogue waves or a tsunami. Actually, it […]

Artemis PO Cruises Damaged by Waves March 11, 2008

PO Cruises Artemis Hit By Rogue Wave After Rough Weather Embarking

P&O Cruises Artemis Hit By Rogue Wave After Rough Weather Embarking – On March 11, 2008. weather conditions were not fit to sail causing a day delay in port, causing passengers some grief, the weather […]

Pacific Star Damaged by Waves January 20, 2008

PO Cruises Pacific Star Battered Cyclone Funa Australia Vanuatu

P&O Cruises Pacific Star Battered By Cyclone Funa Australia – On January 20, 2008, P&O Cruises Pacific Star met with Cyclone Funa (see video below) as it was churning the seas, between Australia and Vanuatu, resulting […]

Cruise Ship Sinking

Cruise Ships & Ferry Sinkings

Spirit of Nantucket Cruise West Grounding Virginia Beach

Statendam Cruise Ship Near Grounding Victoria Australia

MV Princess of the Orient Cruise Ship Sulpicio Lines Sinking

Escapade Trade Winds Casino Cruise Ship Grounded Tybee Island Georgia

MV Bukoba Ferry Sinking Lake Victoria Bukoba Africa

Cruise Ship Sinkings

Steam Ship City of Chester Sinking San Francisco Bay

Cruise Ship Grounding

Star Pride Windstar Cruises Grounding Near Isla de Coiba Panama

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