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The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. For a unified list of peacetime disasters by death toll, see List of accidents and disasters by death toll § Peacetime Maritime .
The wartime sinking of the German Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945 in World War II by a Soviet Navy submarine, with an estimated loss of about 9,400 people, remains the deadliest isolated maritime disaster ever, excluding such events as the destruction of entire fleets like the 1274 and 1281 storms that are said to have devastated Kublai Khan's ...
Given the estimated death toll, Time magazine and others have termed the sinking of Doña Paz "the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster of the 20th century". [ 5 ] [ 33 ] Sulpicio Lines announced three days after the accident that Doña Paz was insured for ₱ 25,000,000 (US$751,977 in 2023 dollars), and it was willing to indemnify the ...
The MV Doña Paz was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector on December 20, 1987. With an estimated death toll of 4,386 people and only 24 survivors, it was the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history.
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster. The Aya Express had a capacity of ...
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank in Philippine waters after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster. Show comments ...
MT Vector was a small motor tanker, built in Manila, Philippines in 1980 as Oil Nic-II, with a tonnage of 629 grt and a length of 51.7 m (170 ft). The tanker was designed to transport petroleum products such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel.
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster. Show comments Advertisement