Which ship sank. The most expensive operation in history: The rise of the Costa Concordia. Full death history lost

Liner Costa Concordia, one of the ten largest cruise ships in the world, crashed on January 13, 2012. In September 2013 off the coast Italian island Giglio successfully completed a unique operation to raise a 300-meter sunken giant weighing 114,000 tons.

We have already discussed it with you. But on Wednesday, the Costa Concordia liner began its last trip- the ship went to the port of Genoa, where it is being dismantled.

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2. Confirming the notoriety of Friday the 13th, the huge cruise ship Costa Concordia (Costa Concordia), carrying more than 4,200 people, crashed on January 13, 2012 near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany in Italy. (Photo by AP Photo | Giuseppe Modesti):

3. Freeze frame from the video as passengers leave the sinking ship, January 14, 2012. (Photo by Reuters | Guardia Costiera):

4. According to the captain, the cruise liner ran into rocks that were not indicated on the navigation chart. 32 people died, two are missing. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

5. Later, the liner almost completely sank into the Mediterranean Sea. A scuba diver inspects the hull of the sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia six days later, January 19, 2012. (Photo by Reuters | Centro subacquei dei Carabinieri):

6. Damage and traces of raid on the reef are visible. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

7. Under water, inside the ship is complete chaos, January 24, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo | Italian Navy GOS):

8. The Italian Titanic, the Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank in Italy, has been in trouble since its launch in 2005, when, according to an old maritime tradition, a bottle was supposed to be broken on the side of the ship. But the bottle didn't break. In 2008, the €450 million Costa Concordia cruise ship crashed into a pier off the coast of Naples, Italy. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

9. 2013 At the crash site of the cruise ship liner Costa Concordia is working on the installation of equipment before bringing the vessel into a vertical position. This operation is truly unique. Previously, engineers had never had to work with such big ships. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

10. The purpose of this operation was to remove the ship from the stones, raise and put it upright with the help of an underwater platform and cranes. Containers on the sides (below in the photo) allowed the entire structure to remain on the surface, September 15, 2013. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

11. The largest and most expensive maritime rescue operation in history costs about 250 million euros, and damage to owners amounted to 1.5 billion euros. The unique operation to raise a sunken ship off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio took less than a day - 19 hours. The ship was successfully keeled on September 17, 2013. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

12. The next phase of the operation began in July 2014. On Wednesday, the Costa Concordia liner began its last journey - the ship went to the port of Genoa, where it is being dismantled, July 22, 2014. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

An interesting fact: the Titanic sank on the night of April 13-14, 1912, and the Costa Concordia sank on the night of January 13-14, 2012, i.e. between these crashes is almost exactly 100 years of difference.

It is interesting to compare the "Titanic" and "Costa Concordia" according to the declared characteristics:

13. Damaged part cruise ship Costa Concordia, July 13, 2014. (Photo by Reuters | Alessandro Bianchi):

14. Let's look inside. The picture was taken on February 27, 2014. (Photo by Reuters | Carabinieri Police):

15. The Costa Concordia had 1,500 cabins, the world's largest seaside wellness center, four swimming pools, five spas, five restaurants, 13 bars, a cinema, a disco and an internet cafe. (Photo by Reuters/Carabinieri Police):

16. Among maritime disasters that occurred in peacetime, in terms of the number of victims, the Titanic ranks third - 1,513 people. The Doña Paz ferry, which collided with an oil tanker in 1987, remains in the lead. More than 4,000 people died in the clash and ensuing fire.

17. Inside the liner, time has stopped. Someone's suitcases. (Photo by Reuters | Carabinieri Police):

18. According to the passengers, when the ship had already received a hole, the crew, dressed in life jackets, persuaded the passengers to return to the cabins, assuring that nothing terrible was happening. (Photo by Reuters | Carabinieri Police):

19. For five days, Costa Concordia will have to overcome approximately 370 kilometers in tow, the ship will move at a speed of 2 knots, July 14, 2014. (Photo by Reuters | Alessandro Bianchi):

20. Preparatory work is underway before the last trip of the Costa Concordia liner, July 14, 2014. (Photo by Vincenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

25. (Photo by AP Photo | Gregorio Borgia):

27. This is the last trip of the Costa Concordia. In Genoa, a complex dismantling operation will take place, it will be divided into four phases, it will last 22 months. (Photo by AP Photo | Courtesy of the Italian Civil Protection Department):

Let's remember a few ships with interesting history: here's an example, but here's the story, as well as find out the secret. And here The original article is on the website InfoGlaz.rf Link to the article from which this copy is made -

Not so long ago, one of the most expensive and unprecedented projects in history, which cost 600 million euros, was completed, more than 500 people from 24 countries around the world were involved - the raising of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which partially sank off the coast of Tuscany (Giglio Island).

Such an operation is practically unprecedented. Cases where such a quantity of force was used can be counted on the fingers. However, neither the risks associated with lifting the liner nor its high cost shook the confidence of the engineers that it was necessary to carry out the lifting.

History of the crash of the Costa Concordia

On January 13, 2012, the liner followed the course of the 7 Night Winter Mediterranean route, which involves leaving the port of Civitavecchia for Savona, the last cruise involved the liner calling at the ports of Barcelona, Marseille and several other Italian ports.

January 13, 2012, 22:00 CET the ship was near the island of Giglio (Tuscany, Italy), most of passengers at this time dined in a restaurant. It was then that Costa Concordia ran into a reef, as a result of which it received a hole of about 30 meters. The rescue operation has begun.

From this moment, disagreements begin between the participants in the events - the passengers and the personnel of the liner. It is worth noting that all data can be interpreted from the perspective of individuals, and there are many of these positions (if not to say that almost everyone has their own), but the essence is still the same. According to the victims of the crash, after the collision, the ship tilted, causing panic among most of the passengers, the reaction of the ship's captain was not long in coming, and problems with the liner's generator were announced over the speakerphone.

Despite the fact that further events will develop not in better side, the ship's captain continues to hold this view. Despite this, the evacuation continues and passengers gather en masse near the boats. As many passengers note, the liner personnel failed to organize a smooth loading onto the boats. According to the investigation, which was carried out later, it turned out that the captain of the ship, Schettino, left the ship among the first.

After loading onto boats and launching, the personnel and passengers were transported to the shore, where the victims were given first aid. It is worth noting the help of local residents, who provided passengers with warm clothes, food and allocated places for the night. Passengers occupied schools, churches and hotels.

Victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship crash

On the morning of January 14, 2012 Costa Concordia lay down on the starboard side, touching the bottom. The search for missing persons is organized.

At the time of January 17, the number of victims was 11 people, as well as 25 people were listed as missing. By the beginning of February, search work was stopped in the flooded part of the ship due to the risk to scuba divers conducting search and rescue operations. And by the end of March, data were received on 30 dead and two missing.

Causes of the accident of a passenger liner and punishment of those responsible

As the investigation found out, the cause of the accident was a collision of the liner with a reef, among other things, they do not exclude, as well, a technical failure of the liner's equipment. The experts were outraged by the fact that despite the fact that the liner passes this route 52 times a year, there was a deviation from the course by 3-4 miles. This can be explained by the initial statements of the captain of the liner Francesco Schettino, who said that having shifted to the side coastline he wanted to greet his friend former captain Costa Concordia), who lives on the island. However, in the future, Schettino retracted his testimony and shifted the blame to the company manager, who, according to him, insisted that the ship come closer to the shore.

Deciphering the black box showed that the ship was too close to the shore, the start of the evacuation was too late, in addition, the captain did not give a distress signal, which delayed the start rescue operation. Until July 17, 2013, Schettino was under house arrest by court order. On this moment there is a trial, the term proposed by the prosecutor - 2697 years in prison.

Cleanup and rise of Costa Concordia

Already three days after the crash of the ship, an oily liquid began to flow from the ship, experts reassured the public with assurances that it was not fuel. The pumping of fuel began, as there was a possibility that the ship would slide off the cliff. If this happened, more than 2,000 tons could end up at sea. Naturally, no one smiled at such a prospect. However, already on March 24, it was announced that the fuel was pumped out, and literally a month later a tender was held to raise and evacuate the vessel, which was won by Titan Salvage.

The plan for lifting the ship is quite simple, but it required significant investments, and the operation itself was associated with a high risk of failure of the event, which both the company's engineers and leading experts spoke about more than once. In mid-2013, work continues to prepare for the lifting of the vessel.

September 16 at 9 am was launched operation to raise the Costa Concordia. The length of the liner is 290 meters, the angle of heel was 70 degrees, and the water level was 20 meters. The planned operation time is ideally 12 hours. Below is a graphic plan for lifting the liner.

On September 17, after 19 hours, the operation was finally completed successfully, it was possible to bring the ship to a horizontal position. As a result of the operation, Franco Porcelachi, Vice President of ARNIVAL CORPORATION, reported that everything went perfectly, and most importantly, no environmental damage was noticed. However, despite the fact that the rise was completed successfully, experts do not consider it necessary to relax and remind that this is not the end. In the spring, the liner will have to be transported to the shipyard, where the Costa Concordia will be dismantled.

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 in 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 the giant liner hit the reef and received 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 launch 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. The tourists who cruised the Mediterranean were from Italy, Germany, France, 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 is a Concordia-class cruise ship built in 2005 by the Fincantieri Sestri Ponente shipyard in Italy and since 2006 has sailed under the Italian flag between ports 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.

Mankind learned to build ships at the same time when the first states arose - in the 3rd millennium BC. The history of shipbuilding is about 4000 years old, and sunken ships find the last berth at the bottom of the seas and oceans for the same number of years. Historians claim that from the 10th century BC. and until the middle of the twentieth century AD. at least 3 million ships sank.

Before the invention of the steam engine, more than half of the ships crashed and sank within 1-2 years after the start of operation. Rowing and sailing ships perished both in naval battles and in storms, and more often disasters occurred due to strong wind and storms. In the nineteenth century, when in the fleets maritime powers sailboats were replaced by steamboats, and people learned to predict the weather, the number of shipwrecks decreased.

Two world wars in the twentieth century added to the list of thousands of sunken ships - combat and auxiliary ships, cargo and cargo-passenger liners and submarines. Sunken ships in isolated cases were raised to the surface of the water and towed to the port.

Most of the dead ships remained forever under the water column. For 4 thousand years, cemeteries of sunken ships have formed in the oceans - bottom sections where hundreds of ships wrecked in different centuries.

Ancient Roman galleys, English frigates, pirate galleons, American ships and Soviet ships coexist in underwater cemeteries. warships. Similar places on shipping routes are countless, researchers sea depths regularly find new sunken ships. We will talk about the 7 largest shipwreck cemeteries known today.

1. Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles

Shipping routes through the Caribbean Sea were laid after the discovery of America, because through it lies shortest way from the water area Pacific Ocean to Atlantic ports. Past Big Antilles for 500 years, trade, military and passenger ships.

But the weather in the Caribbean Sea is changeable, there are strong storms here 8-12 times a year, capable of blowing large and medium sailing ships. Yes, and pirates in the XVI-XIX centuries considered this sea great place to profit from gold and goods from merchant ships.

During the era of the “gold rush”, a route ran through the Caribbean Sea, along which jewelry from Novaya Zemlya was delivered to Spain and Portugal. And it is natural that hundreds of frigates and galleons carrying gold were attacked by pirates.

The exact number of ships lying at the bottom caribbean, not installed. Researchers claim that from 1,000 to 3,000 ships are sunk there, at least 450 of which are Spanish sailboats who died between 1500 and 1800.

To date, a maximum of 20% of ships sunk in the Caribbean have been explored. And the most famous of them are:

The Spanish sailing ship San Antonio, carrying gold and jewelry, was lost during a storm in the autumn of 1621.
The Spanish galleon "Nuestra Señora de la Concepción", which sank in 1641 with tons of gold and jewelry on board.
English frigate "Winchester" with 60 heavy guns (cannons), wrecked in 1695.
10 galleons of the Spanish "Silver Fleet", sunk in 1715, during a strong hurricane.
The Spanish galleon "Rui", which died during a storm in 1733.

According to treasure hunters, the Caribbean Sea is not only large cemetery sunken ships, but also a treasury with untold riches. Hundreds of tons of gold and jewelry lie in the holds of Spanish and English sailboats resting at the bottom.

2. Pacific Coast of Micronesia, Chuuk Islands Region

In the Pacific Ocean near the islands of the state of Chuuk, a cemetery of warships is hidden under water. Vessels that were considered the pride of the Japanese Pacific Fleet rest on it. According to the plan of the government of Japan, with the help of these ships, first Micronesia and New Guinea were to be seized, and then Australia. But fate decreed otherwise.

In 1944, a large naval base was located in Japanese-occupied Micronesia, where there were more than 100 ships of the 4th Imperial Navy. During Operation Hillston, carried out on February 17, 1944 by the US Navy, the base was destroyed and the Japanese ships were flooded.

According to divers, 60 large and 100 small Japanese warships sunk by US military forces rest in the Chuuk Island area. In addition to ships, this cemetery also contains Japanese Air Force aircraft - at least 275 fighters.

This wreck graveyard is popular with divers and WWII explorers. But even today it is not safe to swim there - on dead ships left unexploded bombs.

3. Coral Sea, Great Barrier Reef

The ship graveyard in the Coral Sea near the coast of Australia is no less than in the Caribbean. main reason coral reefs protruded here, which ships stumbled upon during storms and fogs.

This cemetery was formed during the colonization of Australia. british empire- in the XVIII-XIX centuries. And 60% of the ships lying at the bottom coral sea, once sailed under the British flag and transported goods, precious metals and colonial families.

Scuttled ships near Bolshoy barrier reef discovered at the end of the 20th century. To date, less than 10% of ships lying on submarines have been investigated. coral reefs Coral sea. And the most famous were the following found ships:

English military frigate "Pandora", sunk due to a collision with a reef in 1791.
The brig "Swiftsure" (the former "L'Inconstant", on which Napoleon Bonaparte left the island of Elba in 1815), ran into a reef and went to the bottom in 1829.
109 meters passenger liner"Yongala", who died in a storm in 1911.

4. The coast of the Atlantic Ocean near the island of Sable

Floating sable island Medieval sailors called it the "devourer of ships." Near it, they found the last berth for 400 passenger and merchant ships. According to the observations of Canadian lighthouse keepers on the island in the 19th century, an average of 2 ships per year sank here. And in the XVII-XVIII centuries, disasters happened more often - sailing ships could not withstand storms, and they were carried aground.

There are two reasons for the mass death of sailboats and steamships near Sable: changeable weather and loose sands hidden under water. As the cold Labrador current collides with the warm Gulfsteer here, the weather is constantly changing, and a light tailwind turns into a hurricane in a matter of minutes. And the bottom near Sable is uneven and covered with sands, into which the ships carried aground by the wind were completely sucked in in 2-3 days.

Of the hundreds of ships that ran aground near Sable and died in loose sands, the most famous are:

The English ship "Francis", which carried the things of the Duke of York and died at the end of the 18th century.
The English ship "Princess Amalia", which went to the bottom in 1801.
The passenger steamer "State of Virginia" sank in 1879.
The French steamship La Bourgogne sank in the summer of 1898.
The steamer Crafton Hall, which ran aground and was swallowed up by the sands in the spring of 1898.

5. Bay of Biscay, closer to the Spanish coast

The picturesque Bay of Biscay, stretching between the Spanish and French coasts, is considered cursed by sailors. More than 200 Spanish, Turkish, French and English merchant ships perished in the bay due to turbulent undercurrents and changeable weather. Also, military frigates sunk during the Anglo-French wars rest here.

ship cemetery in Bay of Biscay has been collected for centuries, so significant treasures and historical monuments are hidden under the waters.

For example, rare wines made in the 16th century were brought to the surface from one ship. The cost of a bottle of wine, which has been under water for 400 years, at an auction has reached the price of 2000 English pounds.

6. English Channel, near the coast of the city of Deal

In the English Channel, 10 km from the British city of Deal, there is the notorious Goodwin Shoal, a place where 2000 ships sank between 1600 and 1991. The reason for the death of most of them was loose sands, breaking and dragging ships into themselves, which were “lucky” to run aground.

The insidiousness of this section of the English Channel is that the location of the shoals is constantly changing and it is impossible to predict which place the ships need to bypass. Under the action of the ebb and flow of the tides, the sands shift, and the captains of sailboats, passing the Goodwin stranded, relied solely on luck.

Luck did not smile at everyone, and ships loaded with goods, gold and jewelry regularly went under water. The crews and passengers of the sinking ships were not always able to escape - according to researchers, 50,000 people met their death here.

Of the 2,000 ships buried under the waters of the English Channel, the most famous are:

English warship "Styling Castle", which was lost in a storm in 1703
50-gun English frigate "Marie", sunk in 1703
The steamer "Violet", which went to the bottom with the crew in 1857
The steamship Mahatta, which ran aground and broke in two in 1909
The ocean liner Montrose, wrecked in 1914
The cargo ship Prospector, which was lost due to a collision with the cruise ship Chusan in 1953.

7. Aegean Sea, region of the Greek island of Fourni

Archaeologists found a ship cemetery in the Aegean Sea in the 21st century. They were struck by the number and variety of ships resting here at the bottom. In 2015 and 2016, 55 ships were explored, and this is only a small part of the underwater cemetery. The oldest ship found here is a rowing galley built in the 6th century BC, and the newest is a steamer that sank at the beginning of the 19th century.

The reason for the death of ships in the Aegean Sea is the rocky shores of the bays in which sailing ships hiding from north wind and began to drift. If the direction of the wind suddenly changed and a hurricane began, the ships in the bays were smashed against the coastal rocks.

Not every ship after the crash is on seabed. Some of them get stuck aground.

World Discoverer
The ship was built in 1974. It was built for cruises in polar latitudes. Initially, the ship's hull was made in such a way that the ship could easily cope with polar ice. On April 30, 2000, the ship hit a reef that was not marked on the map and received damage "incompatible with life."
The captain of the ship, in order to prevent the death of people and prevent the ship from sinking, decided to put it aground. The WorldDiscoverer was later looted by adventurers. The ship is currently most popular place for admirers of maritime romanticism.

Mediterranean Sky
The ship was built at the shipyards of Newcastle in 1952. It was used as a cruise liner. last cruise MediterraneanSky took place in the summer of 1996. Subsequently, the company that owned the ship suffered a financial collapse, and the ship was arrested.

In 1999, the ship was transferred to the coast of Greece. Three years later, it began to slowly take on water, and for this reason it was towed into shallow water. In 2003, MediterraneanSky capsized on one side and remains in this position to this day.

Captayannis
Greek ship used to transport granulated sugar. In 1974, the ship was caught in a storm and collided with a tanker, which damaged her hull. As a result, a gap was formed and the ship began to take on water.
The captain sent Captayannis aground, where the ship got stuck. The ship capsized the next day. He is in this position now. locals they call it a "sugar boat" and show it to tourists, for whom it is popular.

As a result, the tanker was not damaged. Litigation continued long enough, and meanwhile the "sugar" ship turned into a home for marine life and birds.

america
The ship was built in the USA on August 31, 1939. The wife of then President Eleanor Roosevelt was present at her launch. The ship set off on its maiden voyage in the summer of 1940. However, a year later it was requisitioned by the US Navy and converted for military purposes. Participated in World War II (1941-1946) under the name "West Point"
After the end of hostilities, America carried out intercontinental passenger flights. After that, the ship was sold to the Greeks, who in 1993 resold it to Thailand. While the ship was being towed to its destination, a storm occurred, as a result of which the cable broke, and America was thrown into shallow water near canary islands. A couple of years later, the stern of the liner broke off and sank.

La Famille Express
The Polish-made ghost ship was built in 1952. It was sold to the USSR and served in the Russian Navy until 1999. In our country, it was called "Fort Shevchenko", then the ship was sold, after which it received its current name.

LaFamilleExpress was shipwrecked for unknown reasons. It is only known for certain that the ship fell into shallow water in 2004. The reason for this is the ill-fated hurricane Francis. It happened in the Caribbean near Caicos Islands. No attempt was made to salvage the ship. Now the ship serves as a local attraction for curious tourists.

Olympia
It's commercial cargo Ship. When the ship was making a voyage from Cyprus to Greece, it was attacked by pirates and safely captured. It happened in 1979, the corsairs ran the ship aground in the bay of the island of Amorgos. The authorities tried to get him out of there, but the attempts were unsuccessful. Now the ship is a local landmark.

HMAS Protector
HMAS Protector - government acquisition South Australia as early as 1884 to protect the coastline from possible attacks. The ship passed the first world war and almost passed the second. Ironically, the ship was lost in a collision with a tugboat in July 1943 en route to New Guinea. The rusting remains of the ship can still be seen in the same place.

Steamboat "Baron Gouch"
This ship carried civilian refugees during the First World War. He died due to the negligence of the crew. The observer left his post, and the ship ran into a mine. It sank almost instantly, burying several hundred passengers with it. It happened near the coast of present-day Croatia.

Vessel Semiramis(Andros Island, Greece) This passenger ship, which now looks like a gloomy ghost ship, ran aground off the Greek coast in 1954.