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| May. 13 |
 Myanmar |
Rohingya boat sinks off west Burma 
Map of Rakhine Myanmar A boatt, said to be carrying up to 200 passengers, Rohingya Muslims, has capsized off western Burma, aid agencies say.
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| May. 10 |
Sydney |
Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers
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| May. 9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Sailor dies as US race boat capsizes
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 Sydney |
2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast| Authorities launched a search Thursday after two passengers went missing overnight when the Carnival Cruise ship Spirit docked in Sydney | |
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| May. 8 |
Northern Italy |
Deaths as ship rams Genoa tower
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| May. 7 |
Northern Italy |
Deaths as ship rams Genoa tower
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| Apr.12 |
Philippines |
Philippines arrest Chinese 'poachers' after reef collision |
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| Feb.28 |
Baghdad |
Five die in Iraq Tigris boat sinking |
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| Feb.27 |
Philippine |
Big parts coming off U.S. ship on reef |
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| Feb.14 |
 Alabama |
Crippled cruise ship reaches land Map of Mobile Alabama Southern U.S.| The Carnival Triumph with more than 4,000 people aboard has reached land, four days after an engine fire knocked out the vessel's power | |
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Alabama |
'Floating petri dish' limps closer to port |
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| Feb.12 |
Alabama |
Cruise ship still gross, passengers say, but it's finally moving |
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| Feb.11 |
Yucatan |
Cruise ship floats in Gulf of Mexico, must be towed |
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| Feb.10 |
West Africa |
Five dead on Canaries cruise ship |
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| Feb.7 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh river ferry capsizes |
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| Feb.3 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka navy rescues stricken boat |
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| Jan.31 |
Southern Philippines |
Navy to cut up ship stranded on reef |
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| Jan.20 |
Australia |
Solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift |
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| Jan.17 |
Southern Philippines |
US Navy ship stuck on Philippine reef |
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| Jan.12 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia 'out by September' |
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| Jan.9 |
Manhattan |
Ferry crashes into New York dock |
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| Dec.5 |
Netherlands |
Rescue under way after ships collide in North Sea |
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| Oct.1 |
 Hong Kong |
Hong Kong boat collision kills 36 One of the boats was carrying more than 120 people to a fireworks display when it half-sank following Monday night's collision near Lamma Is...
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| Jul.19 |
Tanzania |
Red Cross: Dozens killed after ferry capsizes |
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| Jun.26 |
Australia |
Boat sinks off Christmas Island |
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| Jun.21 |
Australia |
Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia A ship carrying about 200 people capsized in the waters between Australia and Indonesia. A merchant ship was diverted to the scene
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| May.13 |
Panama |
Castaway sues over rescue failure |
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| Apr.5 |
Alaska |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' Map of Sitka Alaska USA| The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami. The coast would hold off scuttling the Ryou-Un Maru ... | |
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| Mar.12 |
Bangladesh |
6 dead, dozens missing after ferry sinks |
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| Feb.29 |
Seychelles |
Stricken vessel nears dock in Seychelles
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| Feb.28 |
New Zealand |
Reef ship pair plead guilty in NZ |
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| Feb.27 |
Seychelles |
Stricken Costa vessel under tow |
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| Feb.2 |
Papua New Guinea |
Fears grow for PNG ferry missing |
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 Papua New Guinea |
More than 200 rescued after ferry sinks Map of Cape Fortification Papua New Guinea The Australian authorities have been helping Papua New Guinea with rescue efforts after the ship, the MV Rabaul Queen, sank off Cape Fortification
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| Jan.31 |
Italy |
Search of cruise ship abandoned |
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| Jan.28 |
Italy |
Woman's body found in wrecked cruise ship |
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| Jan.27 |
Italy |
Cruise ship survivors offered $14,400 each |
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| Jan.23 |
Italy |
2 more bodies found in Italy cruise crash |
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| Jan.21 |
Italy |
12th body found in cruise ship search |
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| Jan.20 |
Italy |
Rescuers halt search as cruise ship moves |
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| Jan.19 |
Italy |
Ship crew 'downplayed emergency' |
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| Jan.18 |
Italy |
Hope fades as search is suspended
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| Jan.17 |
 Italy |
Cruise captain under house arrest Italian judges have put under house arrest Francesco Schettino, the captain of a cruise ship that crashed into rocks on Friday
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Italy |
Transcript sheds light on cruise disaster |
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Italy |
Five bodies found in cruise wreck
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Italy |
Divers blast rescue hole in cruise ship |
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| Jan.16 |
Italy |
Fears grow for Concordia missing |
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Italy |
Cruise ship captain 'off course' |
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| Jan.15 |
Italy |
Cruise captain 'committed errors' |
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Italy |
Bodies recovered from inside ill-fated ship |
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| Jan.14 |
Italy |
S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship
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Italy |
Italy probes cruise ship sinking |
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Italy |
Italy divers scour capsized liner |
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| Jan.13 |
Italy |
Cruise ship runs aground in Italy Map of Giglio island Italy At least six people are reported dead after the Costa Concordia carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy
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| Jan.7 |
New Zealand |
Stricken NZ cargo ship breaks up |
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| Dec.29 |
Russia |
Nuclear submarine in dock fire
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| Dec.24 |
Cuba |
Haiti migrants found dead off Cuba's coast |
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| Dec.17 |
Russian Far East |
Russia oil rig capsizes under tow |
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| Oct.10 |
New Zealand |
Spill NZ 'worst marine disaster' |
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 New Zealand |
NZ ship oil spill 'significant' Efforts to recover oil from a ship carrying nearly a half million gallons of heavy fuel that ran aground after striking a reef
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks
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| Jul.10 |
 Russia |
Cruise ship sinks with 182 aboard Map of Tatarstan Russia A cruise ship carrying 182 people sank in Russia's Volga River, leaving at least one person dead and large numbers missing
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| Jul.5 |
Sudan |
Red Sea boat sinking 'kills 197' |
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| Jul.4 |
North Mexico |
Tourist boat capsizes off Mexico coast |
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| Apr.6 |
Malta |
150 missing after boat capsizes off Italy
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| Jan.3 |
Yemen |
80 African migrants feared drowned
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| Dec.19 |
Australia |
Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck
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| Dec.14 |
Australia |
'Many drown' in asylum shipwreck Many people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers crashed into rocks on Australia's Christmas Island
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| Dec.12 |
Antarctica |
S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing
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| Dec.5 |
Sinai |
Egypt shark attack kills German
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| Nov.25 |
Fiji |
Boys found alive after 50 days at sea
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| Nov.10 |
San Diego |
Passengers: Cruise ship isn't 'splendid'
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| Jun.12 |
Global |
American teenage sailor rescued
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| Apr.25 |
Louisiana |
Efforts to stop leak after oil rig explosion |
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| Apr.3 |
Australia |
Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef
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| Mar.28 |
South Korea |
Ship's section believed found |
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| Mar.26 |
South Korea |
S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking |
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 South Korea |
South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea| 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea. About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 p... | |
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| Mar.4 |
Sweden |
Baltic Sea ice traps passenger, cargo ships |
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| Mar.3 |
Barcelona |
Giant waves hit cruise ship; 2 killed |
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| Dec.23 |
Manila |
27 missing after boats collide |
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| Dec.21 |
Lebanon |
UN ends search for ship survivors |
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| Nov.29 |
Bangladesh |
54 bodies recovered from ferry disaster |
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| Nov.22 |
Sumatra |
29 dead as ferry sinks |
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| Sep.5 |
Southern Philippines |
Hundreds saved from doomed ferry |
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| Jul.28 |
Haiti |
Dozens missing as boat capsizes |
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| Mar.31 |
Libya |
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
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| Mar.30 |
Libya |
Fishing boats sink off Libyan coast |
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| Feb.16 |
United Kingdom |
British, French nuclear submarines collide |
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| Jan.11 |
 Sulawesi |
Ferry disaster leaves 246 missing Map of Sulawesi Indonesia 21 have been rescued. Rescue crews continued their search for the missing a day after The Teratai Prima capsized off the coast of Majena
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| Dec.28 |
India |
300 migrants missing off Andamans |
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| Dec.4 |
Antarctica |
Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast
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| Nov.8 |
Russian Far East |
Twenty die on Russian submarine |
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| Jun.23 |
Philippines |
Divers yet to find ferry survivors |
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| Jun.22 |
Philippines |
Stricken ferry 'survivors found' |
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Philippines |
Hundreds trapped in capsized ferry |
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| Jun.21 |
 Philippines |
Ferry hit by typhoon Fears are growing for more than 700 passengers on Princess of Stars which officials say has capsized in the wake of a typhoon Fengshen
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| Dec.7 |
South Korea |
Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea |
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| Nov.23 |
 Antarctica |
Sinking ship 'struck iceberg' More than 150 passengers and crew aboard Norwegian cruise ship MS Nord Norge have been rescued to safety
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| Nov.11 |
Russia |
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea
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Russia |
Russian oil tanker breaks in two |
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| Aug.3 |
Sierra Leone |
Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing |
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| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
'Ghost yacht' found Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast
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| Apr.5 |
Greece |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship
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| Dec.29 |
Indonesia |
Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing Map of Kalimantan Indonesia A ferry carrying around 850 passengers was travelling from Semarang in Central Java to the port of Kumai in Kalimantan
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| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
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| Apr.6 |
Djibouti |
69 dead as ferry capsizes |
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| Mar.30 |
Bahrain |
Ferry sinks carrying 150 people
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Hopes dim for ferry missing |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
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| Nov.5 |
Somalia |
Cruise ship repels pirates
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| Aug.6 |
Russian Far East |
Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe
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| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
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| Aug.29 |
Arctic |
Nuclear submarine sinks |
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| Jul.9 |
Bangladesh |
500 feared dead in ferry tragedy
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| Nov.19 |
Spain |
Tanker sank spilling oil
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| Oct.6 |
Yemen |
French tanker explodes
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| Sep.27 |
 Senegal |
1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
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| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide Submarine accidentally hit and sank fishing school vessel. 9 people missing
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| Aug.12 |
 Arctic |
Kursk submarine went down All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank
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