Biggest Cruise Ship Accidents

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Biggest cruise ship accidents. Everyone knows the story of the Titanic the unsinkable ship that hit an iceberg in 1912 killing 1500 of the passengers and crew members. Eight people have. Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.

These are some of the worst things to ever happen out at sea. Those events can be found at List of battles and other violent events by death toll. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deaths.

Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel. When an accident occurs deaths as a consequence can occur either more of less immediately or particularly in the case of exposure to contaminated air toxic chemicals or radiation some years later due to lung damage cancer etc. A colossal container ship struck berthed expedition cruise ship in Hamburg Germany while leaving the port.

These are some of the worst things to ever happen out at sea. This British ocean liner traveled the route between. A large crane has collapsed onto the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship during a routine dry dock at the Grand Bahamas Shipyard in Freeport Bahamas.

There was one survivor a butcher from Rouen and the loss was followed by 20 years of civil war over the English crown. Sank in 18 Minutes. 55 rows Lusitania passenger ship en route from New York to Liverpool.

Well three years after the Titanic disaster a less cinematic shipwreck took place in the Chicago River. For todays video we decided to do the top five cruise ship disasters. Let us know in the comments below some of your ideas for future top five videosSevera.