Weve gathered five of the most important yacht disasters of 2017 and 2018.

Biggest yacht disasters. Mother Nature has no mercy and you never know when a storm is coming also one moment of not being concentrated is enough to hit a rock or cause a fire. Le Joola On 26 September 2002 the overloaded ferry capsized in rough seas with an estimated death toll of 1864. The storm caused 90 billion 2017 USD in damage in Puerto Rico and three deaths in the US.

It is the worst ferry disaster and the worst peacetime maritime disaster in history. There were only 64 survivors. An inquiry later revealed that the crew of the Vector was under-qualified and that the boats license had expired.

Those events can be found at List of battles and other violent events by death toll. Purposeful disasters such as terrorist attacks are omitted. The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters excluding acts of war which relate to the United Kingdom or Ireland or to the states that preceded them or that involved their citizens in a definable incident or accident such as.

Elsa yacht runs ashore at the coast of the Caribbean. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions structural fires flood disasters coal mine disasters and other notable accidents. Spice Islander I a passenger ferry carrying at least 800 people sank off the coast of Zanzibar on 10 September 2011.

The 75 metre sailing yacht Phocea the ninth largest sailing yacht in the world sank in February after catching fire off the coast of Malaysia. 12 rows Las Aves disaster on 11 May 1678 a French fleet commanded by Adm. The 21 or 24 survivors from the ferry had to swim as there was no time to launch lifeboats.

Virgin Islands as well as an additional 75 deaths and. Categories Information Uncategorized Tags Biggest Yacht Disasters Elsa yacht accidents If Only yacht accident Paradise yacht yacht accidents yacht Calamba accidents yacht. Allan Stokell lists the worlds worst disasters on the water including the Costa Concordia Wilhem Gustov the White Ship Kronan the SS Sultana HMS Invinc.