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Ship Sinkings And Groundings
From 1800 - 1990
October 13, 1990
Empress of Palm Beach Sank in the Delaware River, Philadelphia
September 11, 1989 - 151 Dead
Mogosoaia sinks after collision with Peter Karaminchev
June 20, 1989
Maxim Gorky sunk after ramming iceberg
February 10, 1989
Carnival Celebration rams and sinks freighter Capitan San Luis in Bahamas
January 31, 1989
Bahia Paraiso sunk in heavy seas and more than 50 mph winds off the Antarctic Peninsula after running aground and ripping open her hull, leaking oil.
December 31, 1988 - 51 Dead
Bateau Mouche sinks after severe listing in Guanabara Bay off Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
August 21, 1988
MS Jupiter sunk off the coast of Greece with 500 children and the teachers aboard.
September 1, 1986 - 400 Dead
Admiral Nakhimov sinks after collision with bulk carrier
August 10, 1986
North Star grounded on reef on Alaska Inside Passage
February 16, 1986
Mikhail Lermontov Sinks after grounding on New Zealand reef
December 24, 1979
Lindblad Explorer grounds off Antartica. Decades later she would sink there.
March 31, 1979
Angelina Lauro sunk at St. Thomas pier after fire.
March 4, 1973
Sounion sunk in Beirut Harbor after blast rips her open.
September 8, 1952
Princess Kathleen ran aground on reef then sunk off Alaska
January 19, 1941 - 250 Dead
Canadian passengers ship HMS Lady Somers is sunk in Western Caribbean by UBoat
May 28, 1938
Mandalay sunk after a bow on bow collision with cruise ship Acadia in heavy fog
March 13, 1932
Prince David grounds on reef rips open hull then sinks off Bermuda
April 14, 1912
October 2, 1873
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