Alaska Cruise Ship Disasters

15 January 1980 Ship Country Description Gemini United States The 198-gross register ton 936-foot 285 m crab-fishing vessel iced up capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of two livesA United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her three survivors from a life raft approximately 150 nautical miles 280 km.

Alaska cruise ship disasters. By worst ship disaster we mean deadliest ship disaster and deadly it was. A 152-foot cruise liner the Majestic Explorer got stuck on a shoal in Frederick Sound off southeastern Alaska. One woman dies and two are injured during the rescue.

The sinking of the MV Goya was one of the worst ship disasters of all time. The Coast Guard caught Royal Caribbean with its bilges open. Since 1997 all new cruise ships must have all stairways enclosed in self-contained fire zones.

Around 1100 hours on Monday August 4 2014 the ferry MV Pinak sunk in the Padma River about 18 miles Cruise Ship Disasters. The remaining 77 passengers and 21 crew are safely evacuated. 125 Dead Ship Sinking Deaths MV Pinak Sinks August 4 2014 Time of Death 1100.

There were no survivors other than a dog. July 22 1995 Regent Star fire while in Prince William Sound Alaska resulted in two injuries. The tanker hit Prince William sounds bligh reef resulting in a spill of some 260000 to 750000 barrels 41000 to 119000 m 3 of crude oil.

170 mi southeast of Cold Bay Alaska. Thousands of garbage bags washed ashore on Miami Beach and tar fouled the sandy beaches of South Florida and the Bahamas while Royal Caribbean dumped waste and emptied its oily bilges from cruise ships sailing the pristine waters here in Key Biscayne to Glacier Bay in Alaska and back. On October 4 1980 the aurora borealis danced above the stricken cruise ship as the elderly passengers crawled out of bed and made their way to the upper deck after the captain announced that there was a fire in the engine room.

On February 10 2013 a fire broke out in one of the engine rooms knocking out the ships power and condemning the 3143 passengers to endure the cruise from hell. When the Goya sank nearly all of the approximately 7000 passengers and crew members on. August 4 2014.