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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. 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 ...
The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster [a] refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.
[47] 82 of the 314 people aboard Voyager were lost; [47] Australia's largest peacetime loss of military personnel. 82 2000 Greece: Express Samina – On 26 September, the roll-on/roll-off ferry hit a reef and sank at 23:02 hrs near the island of Paros. Of the 534 people aboard (473 passengers and 61 crew), 82 were lost. 82 1953 Turkey
At least 106 people were confirmed dead while more than 100 others were rescued. [29] 108+ 2024 Mozambique: Zico – On April 7, the vessel Zico, which had been converted from a fishing boat into a ferry, sunk in the Mozambique Channel due to overcrowding. At least 100 people died of the 130 aboard. 100+ 2023 Italy
The number of boating deaths last year represented a 50% increase over the average in the previous decade. In 27 of the 28 fatalities, the victims were not wearing a life jacket, or personal ...
Sadly, other rescues featured on past seasons of "Deadliest Catch" have not turned out as well as the story of the Arctic Hunter. In 2005, a boat featured in the first season, Big Valley, sank in ...
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [29]]. 95–4,000+ [30] [31] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari caught a 280-lb. Wels Catfish Thursday in Italy's Po Delta river, setting a new record. The U.K. Mirror reported that the catch is the world's largest wels catfish ...