Collision Survivors Survive Second Collision
How many liner passengers can lay claim to the fact they were subjected to two…
Browsing: Disasters at Sea
Stories of ocean liners that met disaster at sea.
The Pacific Disaster
One of the worst maritime disasters in US Pacific coast history occurred on 4 November 1875.…
Prinsendam: Fire and Ice
Holland-America Line’s Prinsendam (1973) caught fire in the Gulf of Alaska on 4 October 1980…
Majestic Spears a Schooner
On 30 July 1894, before sunrise and in dense fog off the Grand Banks, White…
Norge and the Granite Iceberg
Until Titanic sank, the Norge tragedy of 1904 was the worst-ever Atlantic maritime disaster. On…
Slavonia Sends an SOS
The SOS distress call was used for the first time on 10 June 1909 when…
Shalom Sinks Freighter
Just seven months after her maiden voyage, ZIM Line’s Shalom collided with the Norwegian tanker…
Princess Sophia — Slow-Motion Disaster
On 24 October 1918, at approximately 3 a.m., Canadian Pacific Line’s Princess Sophia, bound from…
Mohegan Meets the Manacles
Atlantic Transport Line’s Mohegan, bound from Dover to New York, sank in less than 20…
Austria-Inferno At Sea
On 13 September 1858, the HAPAG liner Austria (1857) burned and sank on her westbound…