16 Cruise Ships Have Sunk Since 1980

From 1980 to 2012 about 16 ships have sunk.

16 cruise ships have sunk since 1980. From 1980 to 2012 about 16 ships have sunk. The luxury liner Prinsendam a Holland America Line ship carrying 319 passengers and 203 crew members catches fire during a violent storm. The ship was struck by car carrier Adige in the engine room heeled quickly and lost power.

The chances of your cruise ship capsizing or sinking are infinitesimally rare. Sold and converted into a cruise ship in the late 1980s the boats maiden voyage was a two-night cruise to nowhere that left from Singapore and sailed by Phuket Malacca and Penang before returning home. Klein who created the site Cruise Junkie dozens of passenger ships have sunk from 1979 to 2013.

Mar 29 2019 Mar 29 2019 The New York Times notes however that only 16 were cruise ships that have sunk between 1980 to 2012. From 1980 to 2012 about 16 ships have sunk. But only a few of those were cruise ships.

Typically cruise ships that sink are those sailing in inhospitable waters like the Antarctic Ocean or ships belonging to smaller lines. One of the largest sinkings in recent history that made global headlines was that of the Costa Concordia in 2012. 48 rows List of cruise ships A Name Operator Began operation Tonnage Status Achille Lauro.

Somali pirates icebergs and coral reefs have ruined many would-be vacations. Cruise Junkie reports that dozens of passenger ships sunk between 1979 and 2013 according primarily to reports by English-language news sources. According to the New York Times only 16 ships have sunk since 1980.

According to the New York Times 16 passenger ships have sunk since 1980 most of them ferries not cruise ships. SS Afrique The passenger ship sank on 9 January 1920 in the Bay of Biscay in bad weather. MS Sea Diamond.