How Many Cruise Ships Sink

Cruise Junkie reports that dozens of passenger ships sunk between 1979 and 2013 according primarily to reports by English-language news sources.

How many cruise ships sink. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including. While overcrowded ferries are not included not ships earlier than 25 years ago it is notable how few have sunk. According to cruise enthusiast Robert A.

Costa Concordia January 13 2012 with a loss of 32 lives and Hellenic Lines Sea Diamond April 5 2007 with a loss of two lives. On average thats about 25 ships a year. According to one source In the period 1979-2013 a total of 55 cruise ships sank of which 15 in the period 2010-2013 - source.

Tim Roxby of Lloyds Marine Intelligence Unit in England said that an average of four ships sink every week and in 2003 211 vessels disappeared. Only two have sunk in the past 25 years. The Caledonian Star sailing in the South Atlantic in 2001 was hit by a rogue wave estimated at 100 feet.

It cause extensive damage to. The Express reports that colliding with an object in the water can cause a cruise ship to sink. Total - all types of ships.

Cruise ships can still sink. The Times notes that from 1980 to 2012 about 16 cruise ships have sunk. Home Cruise Ships Cruise Ships that have sunk Cruise Ships that have sunk Displaying 1 to 10 of 12 ships sorted by Gross Tonnage ---- Length Beam Gross Tonnage Speed Passengers Crew.

Sinking When the Costa Concordia a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation partly sank last year off Giglio Italy killing 32 people after hitting a submerged rock it was one of the first times a cruise ship had done so since the Explorer in 2007. Sinking When the Costa Concordia a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation partly sank last year off Giglio Italy killing 32 people after hitting a submerged rock it was one of the first times a cruise ship had done so since the Explorer in 2007. On average thats about 25 ships a year.