World’s 5 Most Tragic Cruise Ship Accidents [Updated]

World's 5 Most Tragic Cruise Ship Accidents Since 1911 Tons of 1 Million+ Cases Died :......... Celebrity Mercury: 400+ of the 2,600 passengers and crew onboard the Mercury were stricken ill in 2010 struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic The Titanic: the "unsinkable ship" Costa Concordia: The Italian cruise Seabourn Spirits: In 2005, while 100 miles off the coast of Somalia, pirates Norwegian Dawn: At least 62 cabins in speedboats attacked the small cruise ship. None of the ship's 300 passengers were hurt, and the ship made it to the Seychelles where the rocket damage was repaired. ship Costa Concordia capsized and sank after striking an underwater rock obstruction off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, on 13 January 2012, with the were flooded when a 70-foot wave in what the Centers for Disease con- on its maiden voyage in 1912 and smashed into the Dawn, in 2005. About 300 of the ship's passengers trol deemed a norovirus outbreak. The sank into the icy water, killing more virus caused widespread vomiting and other gastrointestinal ills on the ship, which left from Charleston, S.C. than 1,500 of its 2,200 passengers disembarked early, in Charleston, after the storm had passed. and crew loss of 32 lives. Сaрacity: 208 passengers 2,224 passengers 1,886 passengers Passengers: 2,435 Passengers: 4,252 Size: 134 m 292 m 264 m 269.1 m 290.20 m Main Cause of Accident: I Vrus caused widespread vomiting and other gastrointestinal ills Hit Pirates 70-foot wave smashed Hit by Iceberg Hit by underwater rocks into the Dawn CREWMEMBER & MARITIME Designed & Developed in Public Interest ADVOCACY CENTER A Prate t e nah Source: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/14/the-eight-worst-cruise-ship-disasters