5 Cruise Ships That Have Been Sank

Cruise ships seldom sink by accident though in 1999 Vista Sun caught fire and sank in Malaysian waters and in 2007 Gap Adventures Explorer hit an iceberg and sank.

5 cruise ships that have been sank. Probably the most famous sunken ship in the world is the Titanic the unsinkable passenger liner that well sank. Crown Cruise Line owned 5 ships - Viking Princess 19642015-scrapped as Palm Beach Princess Crown Del Mar 19672005-sunk Crown Monarch 1990now Vidanta Elegant Crown Jewel 1992now. 12 1893 Horn Head all 25 1887 Susan.

Despite being lauded as unsinkable the Titanic hit an iceberg and went down a few days later. Where do large cruise lines Carnival Royal Caribbean Princess etc dispose of ships sewage. According to cruise enthusiast Robert A.

Herein are mentioned worlds top ten ships sunk by accident with icebergs in terms of lives lost. Islander 1901 Death toll 40. Typically cruise ships that sink are those sailing in inhospitable waters like the Antarctic Ocean or ships belonging to smaller lines.

95 1923 Le Raymound. None 1856 John Rutledge. Klein who created the site Cruise Junkie dozens of passenger ships have sunk from 1979 to 2013.

The New York Times notes however that only 16 were cruise ships that have sunk between 1980 to 2012. 13 WORST Cruise Ship Incidents. The ship sank twenty minutes into its maiden voyage on 10 August 1628 after being hit by strong winds and flooding.

The Times notes that from 1980 to 2012 about 16 cruise ships have sunk. 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 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. At least since Titanic cruise accidents have sparked new safety standards.