The Last Cruise Ship That Sank

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The last cruise ship that sank. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground and overturned after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deaths. Costa Concordia The Italian cruise ship ran aground capsized and sank in shallow waters on 13 January 2012 off the Isola del Giglio killing 32 people 27 passengers and 5 crewmembers out of 3216 passengers and 1013 crewmembers aboard. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground and overturned after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deaths.

The HMHS Britannic was a sister ship of the infamous RMS TitanicIt was constructed by the same company ie. In respect to this when was the last time a cruise ship sank. Posted March 2 2009.

From 1972 to 2011 98 cruise ships have run aground according to Mr. Sinking When the Costa Concordia a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation partly sank last year off Giglio Italy killing 32 people after hitting a submerged rock it was one of the first times a cruise ship had. Islander 1901 Death toll 40.

Keeping in mind the previous tragedy the HMHS Britannic was built with more safety measures such as a greater number of lifeboats and a reinforced hull around the parts vulnerable to icebergs. Cruise ships have sunk. Typically cruise ships that sink are those sailing in inhospitable waters like the Antarctic Ocean or ships belonging to.

New York NY. However the Titanic was neither the first one nor the last ship to ever hit the iceberg and sink. Herein are mentioned worlds top ten ships sunk by accident with icebergs in terms of lives lost.

Costa Concordia The Italian cruise ship ran aground capsized and sank in shallow waters on 13 January 2012 off the Isola del Giglio killing 32 people 27 passengers and 5 crewmembers out of 3216 passengers and 1013 crewmembers aboard. More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died. There were two sinkings of major ships last year.