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| Sat. |
Mumbai |
Submarine accident leaves 2 sailors dead and navy chief out of job
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| Feb. 28 |
Libya |
107 Somali migrants rescued off Libyan coast
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| Feb. 27 |
Italy |
Concordia captain returns to ship |
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| Feb. 26 |
Mumbai |
Submarine smoke hurts India sailors |
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| Feb. 23 |
Dominican Republic |
Capsizing death toll rises to 8 Haitians |
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| Feb. 22 |
China |
6 children drown while skating on river in China |
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| Feb. 21 |
Spain |
Ship loses more than 500 containers in heavy seas |
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| Feb. 14 |
 Bali |
1 dead, 6 Japanese divers missing in Indonesia 
Map of Crystal Bay Indonesia Indonesian rescuers recovered the body believed to be of a Japanese diver and searched for six others missing Saturday off the resort island of Bali
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| Feb. 11 |
El Salvador |
Long journey ends at home for man drifting at sea
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| Feb. 10 |
Micronesia |
Pacific castaway begins journey home |
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| Feb. 6 |
Sicily |
More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast
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Micronesia |
Pacific castaway health worsens |
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| Feb.5 |
Southern France |
Cargo ship splits on French coast |
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| Feb.2 |
Micronesia |
Mexico Pacific castaway begs to return
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| Feb.1 |
Italy |
Diver killed while working on Costa Concordia wreckage |
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| Jan.26 |
Ireland |
Officials believe rat-infested 'ghost ship' has sunk |
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India |
Overcrowded Indian boat may have hit rock; 21 dead |
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| Jan.25 |
Russian Far East |
4 Russian Coast Guards die in boat wreck |
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| Jan.21 |
Australia |
Rescued expedition in Australia port |
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| Jan.18 |
Japan |
250 dolphins await slaughter |
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Argentina |
Argentina: 10 injured in carnivorous fish attack |
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| Jan.14 |
Southern Sudan |
Hundreds said killed in ferry accident fleeing South Sudan fighting |
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| Jan.7 |
 Antarctica |
Antarctic ships escape from ice trap The Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Xue Long have broken free from ice where they had been stranded
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| Jan.4 |
Antarctica |
Coast Guard ship to attempt to rescue 2 icebreakers in Antarctica
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Antarctica |
Rescued Antarctic passengers resume journey home
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| Jan.3 |
Antarctica |
Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice' 
The Chinese ice-breaker that helped rescue passengers stranded on the Akademik Shokalskiy vessel in Antarctica may now itself be stuck
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| Jan.2 |
Antarctica |
All 52 passengers rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice After 10 days stranded far from home, all passengers from a ship stuck in ice have now been transferred by helicopter to an Australian icebreaker
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Southern Italy |
Italian navy rescues 233 migrants |
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| Jan.1 |
Antarctica |
Antarctic rescue: Helicopter starts operation |
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| Dec.30 |
Antarctica |
Helicopter rescue for ice-bound ship Akademik Shokalskiy |
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| Dec.29 |
Antarctica |
Rescue boat still trying to reach trapped ship in Antarctica |
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| Dec.27 |
Antarctica |
Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice
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| Dec.26 |
Argentina |
Carnivorous fish attack bathers |
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| Dec.25 |
Antarctica |
Russian ship stuck in ice near Antarctica Map of Dumont D%27Urville Antarctica| The polar expedition ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 people aboard, got trapped in ice and is waiting for other ships for ice-breaking | |
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Caribbean |
17 dead after boat flips in Caribbean |
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| Nov.28 |
Hong Kong |
Dozens injured in Hong Kong ferry boat crash |
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| Nov.12 |
Antarctica |
Vast iceberg poses risk to shipping |
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| Nov.3 |
Thailand |
6 tourists killed in ferry accident in Thailand |
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| Oct.29 |
Italy |
Captain's lover on Concordia bridge |
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| Oct.25 |
Southern Italy |
Italian coast guards rescue 700 migrants |
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| Oct.19 |
England |
Titanic violin sold for $1.45m |
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| Oct.13 |
Southern Italy |
Italy steps up migrant boat patrols
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| Oct.11 |
Malta |
Malta warns EU waters 'a cemetery' after fresh tragedy |
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Malta |
Migrant boat capsize leaves 27 dead in Mediterranean
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| Oct.8 |
Southern Italy |
Lampedusa boat sinking: Survivors recall ordeal |
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| Oct.4 |
Southern Italy |
Italy migrant boat search to resume |
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Southern Italy |
Bad weather delays Italy boat search |
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| Oct.3 |
Italy |
Italy day of mourning for boat dead |
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| |
 Southern Italy |
Hundreds feared dead in Italy shipwreck Map of Lampedusa Italy At least 130 African migrants have died and many more are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa
| Most of those on board were from Eritrea and Somalia
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Southern Italy |
50 dead after boat sinks off coast of Italy |
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| Sep.29 |
London |
Tourists jump into UK river in duck boat fire |
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| Sep.28 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria river boat accident kills 42, 100 missing |
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| Sep.26 |
Italy |
Human remains found on wrecked Costa Concordia
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| Sep.16 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia ship set upright Map of Giglio Italy| Engineers in Italy have succeeded in setting the cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio | |
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Italy |
Costa Concordia hauled off rocks |
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| Sep.15 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia salvage to go ahead |
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| Aug.16 |
 Southern Philippines |
Ferry sinks after collision off Philippines Rescue crews have found 24 bodies, and are looking for 217 other people, after the ferry they were on collided Friday with a cargo ship
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| Aug.13 |
 Mumbai |
Indian submarine hit by explosion| At least 18 sailors are feared to be trapped on board an Indian submarine that caught fire after an explosion in a Mumbai dockyard | |
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| Aug.11 |
Philippines |
Typhoon batters Philippines; 23 fishermen missing A powerful typhoon Utor made landfall in the northern Philippines, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rains across mountains, cities
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| Jul.20 |
Italy |
Italian court convicts 5 for Costa Concordia
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| May.27 |
Bahamas |
Cruise halted in Bahamas after fire
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| May.13 |
Myanmar |
Rohingya boat sinks off west Burma |
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| May.9 |
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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| Feb.14 |
 Alabama |
Crippled cruise ship reaches land Map of Mobile Alabama Alabama 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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| Oct.1 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong boat collision kills 36
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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
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| Apr.5 |
Alaska |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
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| Feb.29 |
Seychelles |
Stricken vessel nears dock in Seychelles |
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| Feb.2 |
 Papua New Guinea |
More than 200 rescued after ferry sinks The Australian authorities have been helping Papua New Guinea with rescue efforts after the ship, the MV Rabaul Queen, sank off Cape Fortifi...
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| Jan.23 |
Italy |
2 more bodies found in Italy cruise crash |
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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
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Italy |
Five bodies found in cruise wreck |
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| Jan.14 |
Italy |
S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship |
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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. The ship hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island and listed about 2... | |
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| Dec.29 |
Russia |
Nuclear submarine in dock fire |
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| Oct.10 |
New Zealand |
NZ ship oil spill 'significant'
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
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| Jul.10 |
Volga Region |
Cruise ship sinks with 182 aboard 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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| 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.26 |
 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
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| Mar.3 |
Barcelona |
Giant waves hit cruise ship; 2 killed |
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| Nov.22 |
Sumatra |
29 dead as ferry sinks |
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| Mar.31 |
Libya |
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
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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.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.22 |
Philippines |
Hundreds trapped in capsized ferry |
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| Jun.21 |
Philippines |
Ferry hit by typhoon
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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'
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| Nov.11 |
Russia |
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing
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| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
'Ghost yacht' found
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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 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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 Egypt |
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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| 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
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