List of roll-on/roll-off vessel accidents
This is a list of roll-on/roll-off vessels involved in maritime incidents and accidents.
Date | Name | Incident |
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31 January 1953 | Princess Victoria[1] | Sank in the North Channel in a windstorm (that also caused the North Sea flood of 1953); 135 dead. |
26 September 1954 | Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] Also romanized as Hidaka. | |
26 September 1954 | Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] | |
26 September 1954 | Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] Refloated in 1956 and returned to service.[3] | |
26 September 1954 | Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] Refloated in 1956 and returned to service.[3] | |
26 September 1954 | Tōya Maru | Capsized in the Tsugaru Strait by Typhoon Marie (1954). 1,430 people aboard were killed in the accident. |
8 December 1966 | SS Heraklion | Unsecured refrigerator truck forced open midship loading door[4] |
10 April 1968 | TEV Wahine | Caught in storm off Cyclone Giselle, ran aground on Barrett Reef, then capsized and sank off of New Zealand |
19 December 1982 | MS European Gateway | Capsized off Harwich following a collision with Speedlink Vanguard. |
15 February 1985 | MV A Regina | Ran aground and wrecked. No casualties or serious injury |
6 March 1987 | MS Herald of Free Enterprise | Capsized off Zeebrugge when the bow door was left open. |
26 April 1988 | MV Reijin | Capsized and sank off the coast of Portugal on maiden voyage |
7 April 1990 | MS Scandinavian Star | Caught fire and burned as a result of arson |
14-15th December 1991 | MV Salem Express | Struck a reef and sank in sight of port at Safaga, Egypt, with at least 464 casualties. |
14 January 1993 | MS Jan Heweliusz | Capsized and sunk in the Baltic Sea |
28 September 1994 | MS Estonia | Had a bow visor failure. Investigations have been reopened in 2020. 852 people aboard were killed in the accident. |
26 September 2000 | MS Express Samina | Struck a rock and sank off Paros, Greece |
26 September 2002 | MV Le Joola | Second deadliest non-military maritime disaster |
14 December 2002 | MV Tricolor | Collision, no casualties, vessel required salvation by wreck cutting in 9 sections due to being a hazard to navigation. |
31 January 2004 | Collision with container vessel Trade Zale during anchoring in the bay of Ulsan, requiring salvage tugs, no casualties[5][6] | |
15 May 2004 | Collided with tanker MT Kaminesan and sank close to Singapore Sentosa island, no casualties but crew required rescue[7] | |
3 February 2006 | MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 | |
22 March 2006 | MV Queen of the North | Failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank. |
23 July 2006 | MV Cougar Ace | Severely listed. Was successfully salvaged and returned to service.[8] |
8 March 2007 | Capsized inside Antwerp port, due to possible incorrect stowage and ballast. Towage was required[9] | |
5 December 2012 | MV Baltic Ace | 11 fatalities, collision with container vessel Corvus J. |
7 May 2013 | MV Jolly Nero | 9 fatalities, collision with the Pilots' office tower during unberthing[10] |
16 April 2014 | MV Sewol | 304 fatalities, caused by insufficient ballast, overloading, and steering error.[11] |
3 January 2015 | MV Höegh Osaka | Developed severe list and was intentionally grounded, no casualties |
1 October 2015 | SS El Faro | 33 fatalities, sunk in deep water by Hurricane Joaquin[12] |
26 January 2016 | MV Modern Express | Severely listed in the Bay of Biscay, crew evacuated, no casualties, vessel required salvation by towage [13] |
20 September 2018 | MV Nyerere | 228 fatalities, captain distracted by cellphone.[14] |
10 March 2019 | Grande America | Caught fire and sank in the Bay of Biscay, no casualties[15] |
9 September 2019 | MV Golden Ray | Capsized in St. Simons Sound, no casualties. Vessel caught fire during salvage operations.[16][17] |
4 June 2020 | Caught fire while docked at Blount Island, 8 JFRD firefighters were injured. Vessel required salvation by towage.[18][19] |
References[]
- ^ Gordon, D (22 January 2003). "Princess Victoria". Irish Sea Shipping: The Online Shipping Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d Nakao, Masayuki. "Seikan Railroad Ferryboat Accident". Failure Knowledge Database. Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ a b Pearce, W.A. "Japanese Railway Ships". Japanese Railway Society. Japanese Railway Society. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Papanikolaou, A; Boulougouris, Evangelos; Sklavenitis, A (2014). "The sinking of the Ro–Ro passenger ferry SS Heraklion". International Shipbuilding Progress. 61 (1–2): 81-102. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Honshu Shipping Co, LTD. v. M/V Trade Zale (United States District Court, N.D. California).Text
- ^ "Diamond Ray". Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Ship Carrying 4,000 Cars Sinks off of Singapore". NBC News. Associated Press. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Davis, Joshua (25 February 2008). "High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace". Wired. Vol. 16, no. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ McDaniel, Michael S. "A Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender". Cargo Law. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Winfield, Nicole (8 May 2013). "Italy cargo ship crash: Nine people feared dead after collision with Genoa port control tower". The Independent. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ www.ytn.co.kr https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0115_201405040952403761. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
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(help) - ^ Byrne, Matt (7 October 2015). "After 6 days, Coast Guard ends search for survivors of El Faro sinking". Press Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Staff (3 February 2016). "Ro/Ro Modern Express Successfully Taken in Tow". Maritime Executive. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Yonazi, Jim James (18 December 2018). "Training in Alertness Crucial to Mitigate Disaster Effects". Daily News. Tanzania Standard Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Fire-Stricken Grande America Sinks off France". World Maritime News. Offshore Energy. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Alonso, Melissa; Andone, Dakin (9 September 2019). "Four crew members are missing after a cargo ship capsized off the Georgia coast". CNN. Cable News Network. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ staff, News4Jax (2021-05-14). "Golden Ray shipwreck burning in St. Simons Sound". WJXT. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Avanier, Nick Jones, Maggie Lorenz, Erik (2020-06-04). "Fire aboard cargo ship still burning; 9 firefighters recovering after explosion". WJXT. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Johnson, Scott (2020-08-30). "Cargo ship moved from Blount Island after June fire". WJXT. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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