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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 21, 20181 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...
ASKET Broking team
Aug 14, 20181 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...
ASKET Broking team
Aug 7, 20181 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,...
ASKET Broking team
Jul 31, 20183 min read
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 24, 20181 min read
Ramdas Sinking Mumbai – #OTD 17 July 1947 - 690 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
Ramdas – On 17 July 1947 the ship capsized 10 miles (16 km) off Mumbai, killing 625 people aboard. The wreck became known only as...
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Jul 17, 20181 min read
Piper Alpha Fire – #OTD 6 July 1988 - 167 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
Piper Alpha was an oil production platform in the North Sea approximately 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, that was...
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Jul 10, 20181 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 3, 20181 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...
ASKET Broking team
Jun 26, 20181 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...
ASKET Broking team
Jun 19, 20181 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...
ASKET Broking team
Jun 12, 20182 min read
June 5th 1983 Aleksandr Suvorov Strikes the Ulyanovsk railway bridge across the Volga River - 177 So
On 5 June 1983 Aleksandr Suvorov sailed from Rostov to Moscow. There were 330 passengers, 30 crew and 35 service personnel aboard. It is...
ASKET Broking team
Jun 5, 20181 min read
MV Bukoba - 21st May 1996 - up to 1,000 Lost #maritimehistory
On 21 May 1996 Bukoba sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Mwanza in 25 metres (14 fathoms) of water, killing up to 1,000 people. The...
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May 22, 20182 min read
Neva - 13th May 1835 - Convict Ship 224 Lost #maritimehistory
Neva – She was a convict ship that left Cork, Ireland, bound for Sydney, Australia. On 13 May 1835 she was wrecked on a reef near King...
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May 15, 20181 min read
STV Royston Grange - Tien Chee Collision May 11th 1972 #maritimehistory
STV Royston Grange – The British cargo liner was destroyed by fire after a collision with the petroleum tanker Tien Chee in the Rio de la...
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May 8, 20181 min read
SS Sultana explosion - loss of 1,192 souls #maritimehistory
Sultana was a Mississippi River side-wheel steamboat. On April 27, 1865, the boat exploded in the worst maritime disaster in United...
Emma Mitchell
May 1, 20181 min read
Texas City Disaster April 1947 - Grandcamp #maritimehistory
Grandcamp – On 16 April 1947, the French-registered Liberty ship caught fire and exploded dockside while being loaded with ammonium...
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Apr 24, 20183 min read
The Loss of the Titanic - 15 April 1912 - over 1,500 Souls lost #maritimehistory
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding...
ASKET Broking team
Apr 17, 20182 min read
Moby Prince -10 April 1991 - 140 Lost - 1 Survivor #maritimehistory
The Moby Prince disaster was a major naval accident resulting in 140 deaths. It occurred in the late evening of Wednesday 10 April 1991,...
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Apr 10, 20181 min read
MV Dara Bombing 1961 - 238 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
The MV Dara was a Dubai based passenger liner, built at a shipbuilding yard in Scotland during 1948. The vessel traveled mostly between...
ASKET Broking team
Apr 3, 20182 min read
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