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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.
When the 114,137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships entered service, they were among the largest ships built in Italy until the construction of the 130,000 GT Dream-class cruise ships. On 13 January 2012 at 21:45, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio .
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
A Disney Cruise Line ship rescued four people from a sinking catamaran in Bermuda on Sunday. The 50-foot catamaran, called the Serenity, was about 230 miles off the coast of Bermuda when a gasket ...
Francesco Schettino (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno]; born 14 November 1960) [1] is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when the ship struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012. [2] [3] Thirty-two passengers and crew died. In 2015, he was ...
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A man from Utah spent over $1 million restoring a cruise ship he bought on Craiglist that has begun sinking. Technology entrepreneur Chris Willson revealed in an interview with CNN Travel that he ...
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2012 Ship State Description BBC Adriatic Germany: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kilyos, Turkey. [151] Volgo-Balt 199 Saint Kitts and Nevis: The general cargo ship sank in a storm off the coast of Turkey. Of the crew of 11, four were rescued and one is confirmed dead.