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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.
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.
Sank in the Indian Ocean on October 21, 2000, while being towed to Alang, India for scrap MV Moonta: 1931 Lydia (1955–1966) Le Lydia (1966–) Beached as a tourist attraction in Le Barcarès, France Le Lydia as a tourist attraction: SS Nitta Maru: 1939 Chūyō (1942–1943) Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1943, by the USS Sailfish: SS ...
StarLauro Cruises: 1947: 23,629: Sunk. Built between 1939 and 1947 as the Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Began service as the Achille Lauro for StarLauro Cruises since 1965. She is most remembered for her 1985 hijacking. In 1994, the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. Achille Lauro: Adriana ...
On October 2 a ferry capsized and sank in Lake Kivu only 100 meters from its destination. 88 of the 276 people on board were killed. 88 2024 DR Congo: HB la Saintet – On June 12, the ship HB la Saintet experienced engine failure and sank in the Kasai River, a tributary of the Congo River. 86 people of the 271 aboard were confirmed dead. 86 2023
Girona – On 28 October, as part of the Spanish Armada, the Spanish galleass was sunk in a gale off Ireland. Of the estimated 1,300 people aboard, nine survived; 260 bodies were washed ashore. 1,291 1564 Sweden: Mars – A Swedish warship that was sunk 18 kilometres north of Öland during the Northern Seven Years' War.
It sank quickly, killing 40 of the 172 people aboard. 40 1911 United States: Sechelt – The ferry sank on 24 March in Strait of Juan de Fuca in mysterious circumstances, killing 37 people. 37 1941 United States: Don – The ship was a pleasure craft that was lost in Casco Bay, Maine on 29 June in an apparent explosion near Ragged Island ...
A V25-class torpedo boat sunk by a mine near Ruhnu in the Gulf of Riga during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga. Sivuch Imperial Russian Navy: 19 August 1915 A Gilyak-class gunboat sunk by the Imperial German Navy battleships Nassau and Posen in the Gulf of Riga during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga. Slava Imperial Russian Navy: 17 October 1917