|
|
| Today |
 Italy |
Testimony: Hundreds still on board as captain left Costa Concordia 
Map of Grosetto Italy| Capt. Francesco Schettino abandoned the cruise liner after it wrecked in 2012 while hundreds were still on board, according to testimony | |
|
| Wed. |
Florida |
Ten pilot whales die and dozens more beached
|
| Dec. 2 |
Hawaii |
Shark kills fisherman in kayak off coast of Hawaii
|
|
| Nov. 30 |
Australia |
Shark kills 19-year-old body boarder off Australian coast |
|
| Nov. 28 |
Hong Kong |
Dozens injured in Hong Kong ferry boat crash
|
| Nov. 26 |
Bahamas |
Boat with Haitian migrants capsizes |
|
| Nov. 22 |
Western Australia |
Surfer killed by shark off west Australia |
|
| Nov. 17 |
Norway |
Fire traps 32 crew on Danish cargo ship |
|
| Nov. 12 |
Antarctica |
Vast iceberg poses risk to shipping
|
| Nov.4 |
North Korea |
North Korea reveals warship sinking |
|
| Nov.3 |
Myanmar |
Dozens missing as Rohingya boat sinks off west Burma |
|
| |
Thailand |
6 tourists killed in ferry accident in Thailand
|
|
| Oct.29 |
Italy |
Captain's lover on Concordia bridge |
|
| Oct.25 |
Southern Italy |
Italian coast guards rescue 700 migrants
|
| Oct.19 |
England |
Titanic violin sold for $1.45m
|
| Oct.18 |
Mali |
Mali boat death toll 'doubles to 72' |
|
| Oct.17 |
Malta |
U.S. Navy rescues 128 from rough Mediterranean |
|
| Oct.15 |
Sicily |
Sicily declares migrant emergency |
|
| Oct.13 |
Southern Italy |
Italy steps up migrant boat patrols 
Italy is stepping up sea and air patrols following the deaths of hundreds of migrants sailing in overcrowded boats from North Africa
|
| |
Libya |
Migrant boat 'shot at' leaving Libya |
|
| |
Amazon |
Boat capsizes on Brazil's Amazon river, killing 12 |
|
| Oct.12 |
Mali |
Boat sinks on Mali river; 20 dead, dozens missing |
|
| Oct.11 |
Malta |
Malta warns EU waters 'a cemetery' after fresh tragedy |
|
| |
 Malta |
Migrant boat capsize leaves 27 dead in Mediterranean At least 27 people died when a boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized, Malta's prime minister has confirmed
|
| Oct.8 |
Southern Italy |
Lampedusa boat sinking: Survivors recall ordeal |
|
| Oct.4 |
Southern Italy |
Italy migrant boat search to resume
|
| |
Southern Italy |
Bad weather delays Italy boat search
|
| Oct.3 |
Italy |
Italy day of mourning for boat dead
|
| |
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
|
| |
|
| |
Southern Italy |
50 dead after boat sinks off coast of Italy |
|
|
| Sep.29 |
London |
Tourists jump into UK river in duck boat fire |
|
| Sep.28 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria river boat accident kills 42, 100 missing
|
| Sep.26 |
Italy |
Human remains found on wrecked Costa Concordia Human remains have been found on the wrecked Costa Concordia, possibly answering what happened to the last 2 missing passengers
|
| 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 | |
|
| |
Italy |
Costa Concordia hauled off rocks
|
| Sep.15 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia salvage to go ahead |
|
|
| Aug.18 |
Southern Philippines |
Philippine ferry disaster death toll rises to 52 |
|
| Aug.17 |
Southern Philippines |
Many missing as Philippines ferry sinks |
|
| Aug.16 |
 Southern Philippines |
Ferry sinks after collision off Philippines Map of Mactan Channel 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
|
| Aug.15 |
Mumbai |
Three bodies found in sunken India submarine |
|
| 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 | |
|
| Aug.11 |
Philippines |
Typhoon batters Philippines; 23 fishermen missing Map of Aurora Philippines A powerful typhoon Utor made landfall in the northern Philippines, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rains across mountains, cities
|
|
| Jul.23 |
Indonesia |
Migrant boat sinks off Indonesia |
|
| Jul.20 |
Italy |
Italian court convicts 5 for Costa Concordia
|
| Jul.4 |
New Zealand |
Last text message found from U.S. family lost at sea |
|
|
| Jun.8 |
Australia |
Boat with up to 60 migrants sinks en route to Australia |
|
|
| May.27 |
Bahamas |
Cruise halted in Bahamas after fire
|
| May.13 |
Myanmar |
Rohingya boat sinks off west Burma |
|
| May.10 |
Sydney |
Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers |
|
| May.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Sailor dies as US race boat capsizes |
|
| |
 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
|
| May.8 |
Northern Italy |
Deaths as ship rams Genoa tower |
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
| Oct.1 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong boat collision kills 36
|
|
| Jun.26 |
Australia |
Boat sinks off Christmas Island |
|
| Jun.21 |
Australia |
Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia
|
|
| Apr.5 |
Alaska |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' Map of Sitka Alaska Alaska The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
|
|
| Feb.29 |
Seychelles |
Stricken vessel nears dock in Seychelles |
|
| 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...
|
|
| Jan.23 |
Italy |
2 more bodies found in Italy cruise crash |
|
| Jan.21 |
Italy |
12th body found in cruise ship search |
|
| Jan.20 |
Italy |
Rescuers halt search as cruise ship moves |
|
| Jan.18 |
Italy |
Hope fades as search is suspended |
|
| Jan.17 |
Italy |
Cruise captain under house arrest
|
| |
Italy |
Five bodies found in cruise wreck |
|
| Jan.16 |
Italy |
Cruise ship captain 'off course' |
|
| Jan.15 |
Italy |
Bodies recovered from inside ill-fated ship |
|
| Jan.14 |
Italy |
S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship |
|
| |
Italy |
Italy divers scour capsized liner |
|
| 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... | |
|
| Jan.7 |
New Zealand |
Stricken NZ cargo ship breaks up |
|
|
| Dec.29 |
Russia |
Nuclear submarine in dock fire |
|
| Oct.10 |
New Zealand |
Spill NZ 'worst marine disaster' |
|
| |
New Zealand |
NZ ship oil spill 'significant'
|
| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
|
| Jul.10 |
 Russia |
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
|
| Jul.5 |
Sudan |
Red Sea boat sinking 'kills 197' |
|
| Jul.4 |
North Mexico |
Tourist boat capsizes off Mexico coast |
|
| Apr.6 |
Malta |
150 missing after boat capsizes off Italy |
|
| Jan.3 |
Yemen |
80 African migrants feared drowned |
|
|
| Dec.19 |
Australia |
Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck |
|
| 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
|
| Dec.12 |
Antarctica |
S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing |
|
| Dec.5 |
Sinai |
Egypt shark attack kills German |
|
| Nov.25 |
Fiji |
Boys found alive after 50 days at sea |
|
| Nov.10 |
San Diego |
Passengers: Cruise ship isn't 'splendid' |
|
| Jun.12 |
Global |
American teenage sailor rescued
|
| Apr.25 |
Louisiana |
Efforts to stop leak after oil rig explosion |
|
| Apr.3 |
Australia |
Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef
|
| 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
|
| Mar.3 |
Barcelona |
Giant waves hit cruise ship; 2 killed |
|
|
| Nov.22 |
Sumatra |
29 dead as ferry sinks |
|
| Mar.31 |
Libya |
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
|
| Feb.16 |
United Kingdom |
British, French nuclear submarines collide |
|
| 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
|
|
| Dec.4 |
Antarctica |
Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast
|
| Nov.8 |
Russian Far East |
Twenty die on Russian submarine |
|
| Jun.22 |
Philippines |
Hundreds trapped in capsized ferry |
|
| Jun.21 |
Philippines |
Ferry hit by typhoon
|
|
| Dec.7 |
South Korea |
Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea |
|
| Nov.23 |
Antarctica |
Sinking ship 'struck iceberg'
|
| Nov.11 |
Russia |
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing
|
| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
'Ghost yacht' found
|
| Apr.5 |
Greece |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship |
|
|
| 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
|
| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
|
| Apr.6 |
Djibouti |
69 dead as ferry capsizes |
|
| Mar.30 |
Bahrain |
Ferry sinks carrying 150 people |
|
| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Hopes dim for ferry missing |
|
| |
 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
|
|
| Nov.5 |
Somalia |
Cruise ship repels pirates
|
| Aug.6 |
Russian Far East |
Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe
|
|
| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
|
|
| Aug.29 |
Arctic |
Nuclear submarine sinks |
|
| Jul.9 |
Bangladesh |
500 feared dead in ferry tragedy |
|
|
| Nov.19 |
Spain |
Tanker sank spilling oil |
|
| Oct.6 |
Yemen |
French tanker explodes |
|
| 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
|
|
| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide Submarine accidentally hit and sank fishing school vessel. 9 people missing
|
|
| Aug.12 |
 Arctic |
Kursk submarine went down All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank
World News 
Disasters 
Sea Disasters (67)
November (9)
Migrant Boat Accident (83)
Ferry Accident (87)
Submarine Accident (47)
Cargo Ship Accident (28)
Cruise Ship Accident (85)
Sea Collision (9)
Fishing Ship Accident (16)
River Accident (21)
Drifted At Sea (21)
Sea Disasters & Animal Accident (9)
Sea Disasters & Environmental (20)
Sea Disasters & Fire (13)
Sea Disasters & Navy (68)
Sea Disasters & Rescue (97)
Sea Disasters & Weather Related (10)
Sea Disasters on Wikipedia
Sea Disasters on Web
Chart Time by Location
San Francisco Bay Sea Disasters News Timeline
Animal Accident