Vestris about to founder
Contents
This series of articles provides a listing of all major passenger ships that have been lost in service. For comparison, there are also articles covering some the most significant losses of smaller passenger vessels and ferries. The articles also provide commentary on some of the most significant incidents.
For practical and technical reasons, the Articles are presented in the following parts: -
This article covers all passenger vessels above 10,000 GRT that have been lost as a result of structural failure or have foundered.
Structural Failure[edit]
This part could perhaps be titled "All other causes" but the events broadly fall into two categories. This section covers the four passenger vessels over 10,000 GRT that sank as a result of the physical failure of part of the ships' structure and following section below covers the four that foundered in heavy seas.
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Structural Failure
- 3 Large Passenger Ships lost through structural failure
- 4 The Passenger Ships lost as a result of structural failure
- 4.1 Monte Udala
- 4.2 Oceanos
- 4.3 Estonia
- 4.4 SeaBreeze I
- 4.5 Norway
- 5 Foundered
- 6 Large Passenger Ships that foundered
- 7 The Passenger Ships over 10,000 GRT that foundered
- 7.1 Vestris
- 7.2 Princess of the Orient
- 7.3 Mercuri 2
- 7.4 Princess of the Stars
- 8 Bibliography
- 9 Photographs
This series of articles provides a listing of all major passenger ships that have been lost in service. For comparison, there are also articles covering some the most significant losses of smaller passenger vessels and ferries. The articles also provide commentary on some of the most significant incidents.
For practical and technical reasons, the Articles are presented in the following parts: -
- Part 1. Definitions and the Development of International Passenger Ship Regulations
- Part 2. Fire
- Part 3. Collision,
- Part 4. Other Navigational Error
- Part 5. Structural Failure and Foundered
- Part 6. Hostilities - World War 1 and the Spanish Civil War
- Part 7. Hostilities - World War 2
- Part 8. Ship Safety Analysis - Passenger vessels over 10,000 GRT
- Part 9. Some smaller passenger vessel losses
- Part 10. Some losses of ferries below 10,000 GRT in European Waters
- Part 11. Some losses of ferries below 10,000 GRT in USA, Canada & Australasia
- Part 12. Some losses of ferries below 10,000 GRT in South East Asia & Africa
This article covers all passenger vessels above 10,000 GRT that have been lost as a result of structural failure or have foundered.
Structural Failure[edit]
This part could perhaps be titled "All other causes" but the events broadly fall into two categories. This section covers the four passenger vessels over 10,000 GRT that sank as a result of the physical failure of part of the ships' structure and following section below covers the four that foundered in heavy seas.
Large Passenger Ships lost through structural failure |