The wreck of large cruise ships in the ocean. Seven shipwrecked cruise ships
At least 6 people have died in the crash of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and then sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy.
It is noted that the number of victims may increase, since after the disaster, some passengers jumped overboard into cold water, and their fate is still unknown.
Two hours before the crash, the cruise ship was diagnosed with a power failure, but the ship went to sea anyway.
The cruise of the passenger liner Costa Concordia, which sank off the coast of Tuscany on Saturday night, almost caused the death of several thousand tourists from all over the world due to technical problems on the ship, as well as uncoordinated actions of the crew.
A few hours before leaving the port, a malfunction in the electrical system was recorded on the liner, but the captain of the ship decided not to delay the departure of the Costa Concordia and not to conduct additional checks.
The ship came too close to the shore, the underwater relief of this area is a stone ridge of reefs.
One of the main causes of the disaster is the inattention of the command or the error of navigation instruments, due to which giant liner ran into a reef and got a hole - as a result, the board immediately began to take on water and roll. 
The ship's crew also failed to organize an urgent evacuation. According to eyewitnesses, Costa Concordia workers delayed the launching of lifeboats. Later, due to a strong roll, it was no longer possible to place people in the boat.
Panic began among the passengers: seeing that it was almost impossible to get into the boats, many in fright began to jump into the icy water, because they were afraid to go to the bottom with the ship.
At that moment, when the ship received a hole, the passengers had just begun their dinner.
- Suddenly we heard a noise, and the ship seemed to be dragged somewhere. The lights went out, dishes and tables began to fall. There was a terrible panic, - says the Italian Luciano Castro. 
People in horror themselves got out of the sinking ship, no signals for action were received from the crew of the ship. People rushed in all directions. 
- Have you watched Titanic? That's exactly what happened to us, - says 31-year-old Valerie Ananias from Los Angeles. When the ship tilted, she, along with her parents and sister, had to crawl up the corridors between the cabins.
- We crawled in the dark, only the strobe on the life jacket blinked, - recalls Valerie's mother, - We heard the dishes breaking and people being thrown against the walls.
Mara Parmigiani, an escaping church minister from Germany, was given a ticket to the cruise by her husband. The woman set sail for the first time in her life and almost died on the first night on the ship. It was a miracle to be saved. Documents, personal belongings and money were flooded under water.
- The crew only told us to stay in our seats and do nothing. We were told that nothing threatens our lives,” the victim says. 
After some time, people were instructed to put on life jackets and move to the rafts. However, the passengers were blocked on the liner - it rolled over on its side, making it impossible for people to approach the boats.
- If it weren't for the boat passing by, which drove up to help, I think we would most likely have died, - says Mara Parmigiani. 
Those passengers who did not have enough life jackets and places in the boats jumped overboard into the icy water in desperation.
One of the dead was a 65-year-old man. He had a heart failure. 
Local barges that received a rescue signal, as well as helicopters of search services, came to the aid of the victims. Many were picked directly from the open sea.
At the same time, no one counted those rescued ashore. All figures given to the authorities were approximate. 
At the time of the disaster, 4240 people were on board, of which 1032 were crew members. Tourists who cruised mediterranean sea, were from Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain and Russia. In total - 3208 people.
Eight people are listed as dead, about 67 were injured, the search for victims continues. Rescuers are looking for at least 70 more people.
108 citizens of the Russian Federation who were on board were rescued. According to the information of the Russian embassy in Rome, nothing threatens their lives.
The names of 102 Russians have been established, Irina Tyurina, spokeswoman for the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, said. Most of them have already been placed in the Rome Hilton hotel, the rest are being taken there. Tourists were left without money, passports, luggage and will soon be without communication: Cell phones gradually dissipate.
Operators send to the Russian consulate copies of documents of vacationers, according to which the Russians will be returned home. Among the personnel of the liner were Russian-speaking. Whether they were citizens of Russia, it turns out.
Information about the liner:
Costa Concordia- the Concordia class cruise ship was built in 2005 at the Fincantieri Sestri Ponente shipyard in Italy and since 2006 has sailed under the Italian flag between the ports of the Mediterranean Sea. The twin ships are Carnival Splendour, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa, Costa Fascinosa and Costa Serena. 
The length of the vessel is 290 meters, the number of passengers: 3,700, crew: 1,100 people.
The ship has 14 passenger decks, 1500 cabins, a three-level theatre, a shopping gallery, 13 bars, cafes, 5 restaurants, 4 swimming pools, a beauty salon, a fitness center, Turkish baths and sauna.
The cruise ship Costa Concordia sank on Friday night west coast Italy. Rescue work continued on January 15, 2012. Six people have already been confirmed dead, including two French passengers and one crew member from Peru. All of them drowned in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea after the crash. 14 people are still missing, and rescuers continue to search for survivors. The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, appeared before the ship on charges of being one of the first to leave the ship, before the passengers were successfully evacuated.
Thousands of people were evacuated to the nearby island of Giglio. The mayor of the island urged the residents of the community to take shipwrecked people and declared that before them "any house will open".
1. The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, Francesco Schettino, right, was detained by Italian police on January 14, 2012 in Grosseto, Italy. Shettino was arrested on charges of mass death. He is also accused of causing the shipwreck by his actions. In addition, the captain of the cruise ship is accused of being the first to leave the ship, even before the evacuation of passengers was carried out.
2. Small boats and ships in the harbor of the island of Giglio on January 15, 2012. The shipwrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia is visible in the background. The capacity of the giant ship is more than 4,000 people. The ship was launched in 2006.
3. Rescuers in a helicopter carry out the evacuation of Marrico Gempetroni, head of the steward service, from the shipwrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia. Rescuers found him more than a day after the accident. The man's leg is broken.
4. Boats patrol near the overturned cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 15, 2012.
5. Passengers, citizens South Korea, were evacuated from the shipwrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia on 15 January. The couple spent on the ship Honeymoon and ended up trapped on a wrecked ship.
6. Cruise liner "Costa Concordia", crashed off the west coast of Italy near the island of Giglio. at least five people died. The police continue to search for the victims. About 4,000 people were on board the ship that hit the reef.
7. Passengers wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia" arrives in Porto Santo Stefano on January 14th.
8. Two men look at the wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia". The ship lists heavily, actually lying on its side, which only complicates the evacuation of passengers.
9. The Italian coast guard takes out a "black box" from the board of the wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia".
10. The wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia" off the west coast of Italy. Rescuers continue to search for survivors of the disaster.
11. Passengers who were evacuated from the wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia", receive first aid and come to life in Savona, Italy.
12. Cruise liner "Costa Concordia", half gone under water, near Porto Santo Stefano. The ship hit the reef. Rescuers warn that the ship could sink more than 70 meters into the water.
13. The holes that received the cruise ship "Costa Concordia", January 14, 2012. Rescuers continue to search for the missing.
14. Rescuers provide assistance to a woman, one of the passengers of the wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia", which arrived in Porto Santo Stefano on January 14, 2012. Helicopters and boats, as well as ships located near the crash site, took part in the rescue work.
15. Coast Guard, January 14, 2012, next to the wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia".
16. A lifeboat from the Costa Concordia cruise ship enters the port of Giglio Island. she is being towed by a fishing boat. The cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on Friday night.
17. Passengers of the cruise ship "Costa Concordia", January 14, 2012, in a lifeboat. The cruise liner "Costa Concordia" was heading from the Italian port of Civittavecchia. He left the port a few hours before the disaster.
18. Evacuated passengers "Costa Concordia" in life jackets on the shore.
19. Rescuers transport the injured from the wrecked cruise ship "Costa Concordia" in an ambulance, January 14, 2012, Giglio Island, Italy.
20. The cruise ship "Costa Concordia" tends after it ran aground on January 13, 2012 off the coast of Italy.
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22. According to the official statement of the owner of the vessel, the Italian travel company Costa Crociere, "about 3,200 passengers and about 1,000 crew members" were on board at the time of the accident.
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24. A hole about 70 meters long was found in the hull of a cruise ship. According to eyewitnesses, the ship stumbled upon a stone reef. Earlier it was reported that the Costa Concordia ran aground.
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31. Some of the tourists who vacationed on the Costa Concordia, including Russian and Ukrainian, were left not only without things, but also without passports, as they were handed over to the reception of the liner upon check-in.
In one second, a cruise can turn from a fantastic idyll into a nightmarish ordeal. Since 1980, 16 cruise liners, since 1973 - 99 have run aground, since 1990, fires have occurred on 79 ships, and various other accidents have occurred on 73 ships. Since 2000, there have been more than 100 accidents, after which the ship was left to drift on the high seas, without power, listing, almost capsizing, and many other accidents that posed a risk to the lives of passengers. Here are the worst cruise ship disasters of the last 100 years.
1. For 100 years now, on April 14, 1912, the luxury liner Titanic sank off the coast. Nova Scotia, during its first flight. Unsinkable Titanic went to sea on April 10 and 4 days later met with his death in the form of an iceberg, killing 1513 passengers and crew members. But although negligence and pride led to disaster, you should not blame the captain for everything and cruise company. In recent astrological studies, it was found that in 1912 the Moon approached the Earth at a record close distance in 1400 years, which led to increased currents, which brought a large number of icebergs.
2. During a cruise on the St. Lawrence River, a Canadian passenger liner The Irish Empress collided with the Norwegian coal carrier Storstad and sank 14 minutes later at a depth of more than 40 meters. This disaster took 1012 lives and became the most terrible maritime disaster in Canadian history.
3. The Laconia left Southampton on December 19, 1963 for an 11-day Christmas cruise on Canary Islands and took on board 1022 people. On December 22, the steward saw smoke coming from under the door of the hair salon. The cabin was completely engulfed in flames, and the fire immediately spread into the corridor to the common cabins. The steward tried to put out the fire with fire extinguishers, but the fire spread too quickly. 128 people died.
4. Security service before Italian ship"Achille Lauro" October 10, 1985 in the harbor of the port of Said, after the Egyptian authorities forbade him to go to the Israeli port of Ashdod. On October 7, 1985, four Palestinian Liberation Front terrorists led by Yusuf Majid al-Mulki and Abu Abbas hijacked a ship with 450 passengers. The terrorists killed one hostage - 69-year-old American Jew Leon Klinghoffer, an invalid, chained to a wheelchair. He was shot and thrown overboard in front of his wife Marilyn.
5. Tugs move the damaged ocean liner"Queen Elizabeth 2" in drydock in Boston on August 12, 1992, after the ship ran aground during a cruise. No harm done.
6. The bow visor of the ferry "Estonia" is raised from the bottom of the sea near the island of Ute in the Baltic Sea. The ship sank on the night of 27/28 September 1994, killing 852 of the 989 passengers and crew on board.
7. Aerial view of the Italian cruise ship "Achille Lauro" during a fire in the Indian Ocean. The Achille Lauro had already been captured by terrorists ten years earlier. Now, 30 miles east of the Horn of Africa, a fire has broken out on a ship, resulting in the death of 2 people.
8. Cruise ship "Norwegian Dream" at anchor in the south-east of England, after a collision with the Panamanian cargo ship "Ever Decent" on August 24, 1999. There were 2,400 people on the liner, of which only three received injuries of varying severity.
9. Rescue helicopter over the cruise ship "Seabreeze" in distress on December 17, 2000, 320 kilometers off the coast of Virginia. The Coast Guard managed to evacuate all 34 crew members before the relentless waves Atlantic Ocean dragged a 200-meter vessel to the bottom.
10. Cruise liner "Aurora" in the port of Southampton, England On November 8, 2003, all 500 passengers had an acute indigestion. Greece refused to help, and when the ship arrived in Gibraltar, Spain closed its borders until the ship left.
11. Cruise liner "Sea Diamond" during the evacuation of passengers near the island of Santorini, Greece, April 5, 2007. The Greek Coast Guard conducted a large-scale operation to evacuate 1,200 passengers of the ship after it ran aground and then sank.
12. Life rafts from the Canadian cruise ship "Explorer", which sank after colliding with an iceberg in Antarctic waters on November 23, 2007. 100 passengers and 54 crew members were rescued.
13. The cruise ship "Ecstasy" in the port of Miami on July 21, 2008. 60 people were injured as a result of a fire that formed in the ship's laundry room on July 20. The flames were extinguished and no evacuation was required.
14. Workers begin pumping diesel fuel from the ship "Costa Concordia" near the island of Giglio in the Mediterranean Sea on January 24, 2012. More than 4,000 people were on board at the time of the crash, of which 25 are now officially considered dead.
15. The Costa Allegra is being towed through a pirate-infested area. Indian Ocean after a February 27 fire destroyed the air conditioning system, power supply and damaged engines. There were over 1,000 people on board.
The wreck of ships... Such an incident is always shrouded in a halo of secrets, myths and legends. The famous shipwrecks are the black pages of history, which can be read only by looking into sea depths. Sadly, majestic giant liners very often become victims of the raging waters of the seas and oceans.
The most famous shipwrecks became public knowledge. To date, there are many secret lists that name the most impressive ship disasters in the history of mankind. Below are just a few of those that have entered world history.
Ships that have been wrecked
For many, the first thing that comes to mind is a story that shocked the whole world with its tragedy. It eclipsed every other shipwreck. This is the story of the "Titanic" ... Although this story has grown over time with a lot of conjecture and conjecture, everyone is still interested in learning about what really happened. The crew were so blinded by the majesty of their ship and its superiority over other ships that for a time everyone became overconfident.
Possible causes of the tragedy
At that time, many said that a ship had finally been built that could not be sunk. But reality turned out to be unpredictable. One night, the ship was moving at full speed along its route, and only at the very last moment the sailors were able to notice the top of a huge ice block rising above the surface of the water. Urgent attempts were made to move the ship aside, but it was too late: the ship was wrecked. Almost at full speed, the Titanic hit an iceberg with its starboard side.
The ship breaks in half
Gradually, the lower tiers in the forward compartment of the ship begin to flood. Almost half of the vessel is filled cold water Atlantic Ocean. A counterweight is created on the ship, as a result of which it is half immersed in water. The body can not withstand the monstrous load and breaks in half. Both parts of the broken ship lose power and sink. Eyewitnesses of the tragedy recall that terrible day with trepidation, but still some facts remain in the shadows. For example, class discrimination passengers.
Could more have been saved?
Some witnesses claim that individual lifeboats were only half full of passengers. Only a few people sat in them, who set sail as soon as possible, in fear that the boat would overflow and sink. In the end, saved where fewer passengers than it could. However, do not forget that heroic deeds also took place that night. Many risked their lives to help others escape. Be that as it may, this disaster has become a symbol of arrogance.
complicated story
Another, no less tragic collision occurred with the steamer "Admiral Nakhimov". It became the big sensation of the twentieth century. The warm day of August began with the arrival of a cruise liner at the port. The city of Novorossiysk said goodbye to passengers who were soon to go on an exciting trip. Around the same time, a ship called "Pyotr Vasev" was planning to enter the port. The crews of both ships were warned about each other and had to act carefully, no one had any idea that the ships would soon crash.
Who is guilty and does it make sense to find out now?
As a result of short negotiations, it was decided to disperse on the right sides at the exit from the port. However, something went wrong, namely, it failed automatic system course placement. Technique is imperfect, this should never be forgotten. Shipwrecks are clear evidence of this. When it was noticed that the ship was moving at full speed directly towards the Admiral Nakhimov, the situation almost completely got out of control.
Dry cargo ship "Pyotr Vasev" crashed into a passenger liner and made a hole in its board measuring eight by ten meters. in eight minutes. Some of the circumstances under which the ship was wrecked raised questions among many. Why did a passenger ship sink to the bottom like a stone, if, according to the rules, it must have sufficient buoyancy to survive on the surface of the water for at least an hour after the crash? In addition, information was received that the captain had complied with the order of the port dispatcher and changed the route of the vessel. There will be many gaps and white spots in this story.
However, the most inconsolable fact is the death of almost half a thousand people. Perhaps the scale of the disaster would not have been so terrible if it had been possible to launch lifeboats. But what could be done in just eight minutes? It takes at least half an hour to organize the boarding of people in one boat. And this is under favorable conditions.
In the case when the crash of the ship "Nakhimov" took place, there was neither time nor factors allowing people to escape in boats. Time after the disaster, it becomes increasingly difficult to find out the true circumstances of the crash. Surely the true facts lie in the depths of the water, so it makes no sense to speculate, because time, like human lives, cannot be returned back.
These are just two stories, but they are not the only ones. The following list of the most famous shipwrecks will show that wrecks largest liners- far from uncommon.
- SS America.
- "Pioneer of the World"
- "Mediterranean sky".
- MB Captayannis.
- BOS 400.
- Fort Shevchenko.
- "Evangelia".
- "SS Maheno".
- "Santa Maria".
- "Dimitrios".
- "Olympia".
The ships were built over the years, solemnly left their native ports against the wind and eventually sank, ran aground, leaving only fragments and piles of iron in memory of themselves.
On the night of Friday the 13th, the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, carrying over 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members, hit a reef, lists and partially sank off the coast of Giglio, Italy. Six people have already been confirmed dead, including two French passengers and one crew member from Peru. All of them drowned in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea after the crash. 14 people are still missing, and rescuers continue to search for survivors. The accident occurred just a few hours after sailing, and the passengers had not yet had time to conduct a safety briefing, so chaos reigned on the ship during the evacuation. Captain Francesco Schettino was arrested. Among other charges, he is also accused of being one of the first to leave the ship. Collected in this issue are photographs of the sunken Costa Concordia and attempts to find the 14 passengers.
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1. "Costa Concordia" after the crash off the coast of the island of Giglio. 6 passengers drowned, 14 still missing after an Italian liner with 4,200 people on board ran aground. The Costa Concordia set out for a cruise in the Mediterranean but hit a reef on Friday 13th January. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Passengers with life jackets aboard the Costa Concordia are waiting for the start of the operation. (AP Photo/Courtesy from tourist aboard the ship)
3. The cruise liner "Costa Concordia" tilted, running aground off the coast of the island of Giglio. (AP Photo/Giglionews.it, Giorgio Fanciulli)
4. The Costa Concordia passenger arrived with others at the port of Santo Stefano after the ship wrecked. Some of the passengers jumped into the icy waters as the panic set in. The ship sailed the Mediterranean to Savona with scheduled stops at Civitavecchia, Palermo, Cagliari, Palma, Barcelona and Marseille. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
5. The family from the liner "Costa Concordia" arrived in the bay in Marseille. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
6. "Costa Concordia" off the west coast of the island of Giglio in Italy. (Reuters/Italian Guardia di Finanza)
7. "Costa Concordia" lies on its side after the crash. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
8. Holes in the ship's hull. (Reuters/Stringer)
9. Firefighters inspect huge boulders sticking out of the hull of the Costa Concordia cruise ship the day after the crash. (AP Photo/Andrea Sinibaldi, Lapresse)
10. "Costa Concordia" surrounded by small ships. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
11. "Costa Concordia" at night in the bay of the Tuscan island of Giglio. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
12. Rescue ship illuminates the sunken liner. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
13. Italian firefighters climb the "Costa Concordia". (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
14. Firemen inspect the semi-submerged ship. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
15. Rescuers check the waters around with "Costa Concordia" after the crash of the ship. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
16. People look at a pile of sun loungers on the tilted deck of the Costa Concordia. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
17. Partially submerged cabins of the Costa Concordia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
18. An Italian fire helicopter picks up passengers from the Costa Concordia. Firefighters worked all Sunday to rescue a crew member with a broken leg 36 hours after the tragedy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
19. Divers inspect the semi-submerged Costa Concordia. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
20. Italian coast guard with a black box from the liner "Costa Concordia". (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
21. The captain of the cruise ship "Costa Concordia" Francesco Schettino (right) put in a police car in Grosseto, Italy. Schettino was arrested on charges of premeditated murder and being one of the first to leave the ship. (Reuters/Enzo Russo/ANSA)
22. "Costa Concordia" off the west coast of the island of Giglio, Italy. (Reuters/Stringer)
