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Loss of the Fantome – 27th Oct 1998 - 31 Souls Lost #maritimehistory #OTD
Fantome was a 679-ton staysail schooner owned by Windjammer Barefoot Cruises in Miami, Florida. Completed in 1927 by the Duke of...
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Oct 29, 20192 min read
MV George Prince ferry disaster 20th Oct 1976 - 78 Souls Lost - #maritimehistory #OTD
The MV George Prince ferry disaster was a nautical disaster that occurred in the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana,...
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Oct 22, 20191 min read
The Spyros disaster - Singapore - 76 Souls lost, 96 injured #maritimehistory #OTD
The Spyros disaster was a major industrial disaster that occurred in Singapore in October 12, 1978, where the Greek tanker Spyros...
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Oct 15, 20192 min read
SS Vaitarna Disappears- 740 Souls lost #maritimehistory #OTD
SS Vaitarna, popularly known as Vijli or Haji Kasam ni Vijli, was a steamship owned by A J Shepherd & Co, Bombay that disappeared on 8...
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Oct 8, 20191 min read
Lamma IV - 1st October 2012 - 39 Souls lost #maritimehistory #OTD
Lamma IV – On 1 October 2012, the ferry collided with another passenger vessel off Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. The day was...
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Oct 1, 20192 min read
Toya Maru - 26th September 1954 -1,300 lost #maritimehistory #OTD
Typhoon No. 15, Marie, which had blown through Honshū, was in the Sea of Japan at 12:00 on September 26, 1954, heading northeast and had...
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Sep 24, 20192 min read
1857 Lefort Sinks in the Gulf of Finland - 826 People lost #maritimehistory
On 22 September 22, 1857 Lefort was in the Gulf of Finland en route from Reval to Kronstadt along with the ships Imperatritsa Aleksandra,...
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Sep 17, 20191 min read
1620 - The Mayflower Departs Plymouth for New England #maritimehistory
The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth,...
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Sep 3, 20191 min read
Sinking of the SS Admiral Nakhimov 31 August 1986, 423 Sould lost #maritimehistory
SS Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов), launched in March 1925 and originally named SS Berlin, was a passenger liner of the...
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Aug 27, 20192 min read
Marchioness disaster - 20 August 1989, River Thames, 51 Souls lost #maritimehistory #OTD
The Marchioness disaster was a fatal collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London on 20 August 1989, which resulted in the...
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Aug 20, 20191 min read
SS Islander - sinks after hitting an iceberg -14 August 1901, Alaska, 40 Souls lost #maritimehistor
Canadian-Pacific steamer SS ISLANDER sank after striking an iceberg departing Skagway, Alaska. The SS Islander was a 1519-ton, 240-foot...
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Aug 13, 20191 min read
SS Emir - 9 August 1911 - 86 Souls Lost - #maritimehistory
The French steamship Emir was struck and sunk by the British steamship Silverton in dense fog in the Strait of Gibraltar off the coast of...
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Aug 6, 20191 min read
SS Golden Gate - 27 July 1862 - 175 and 223 Souls Lost - #maritimehistory
SS Golden Gate - On 27 July 1862 the Pacific Mail Steamship Golden Gate caught fire and burned 15 miles off the coast of Manzanillo,...
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Jul 30, 20193 min read
SS Eastland - #OTD 24 July 1915 - 845 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
The SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, while moored to the dock in the Chicago River,...
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Jul 23, 20191 min read
MV Princess of the Stars - 21 June 2008 - nearly 800 Souls lost #maritimehistory
Around noon on June 21, 2008, the motor vessel Princess of the Stars capsized off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon, at the height of...
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Jul 16, 20191 min read
Bulgaria – sank on 10 July 2011 - 112 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
Bulgaria (Russian: Булга́рия, tr. Bulgariya) was a Russian river cruise ship which operated in the Volga-Don basin. On 10 July 2011,...
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Jul 9, 20191 min read
Angamos – On 6 July 1928 - 262 Sould Lost #maritimehistory
Angamos – On 6 July 1928 she sailed bound for Talcahuano and sank off Punta Morguillas Lebu, Chile. Of the 269 aboard 262 were lost and...
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Jul 1, 20191 min read
Demas Victory – Capsized 30 June 2009 - 30 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
Demas Victory – a Dubai-based supply ship capsized 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of the Qatari capital city of Doha in rough...
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Jun 25, 20191 min read
RMS Lancastria – 17 June 1940 - 3,000 and 5,800 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK Government during World War II. She was sunk on 17 June 1940 during...
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Jun 18, 20192 min read
Burning of the SS G. P. Griffith - Lake Erie 1850; 241- 289 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
The SS G. P. Griffith was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and...
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Jun 10, 20192 min read
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