Cruise ship Concordia. Passenger-cargo ship "Yongala". Tugboat, Curacao

For those whose house has nothing to do with the raging sea, you should pay attention to designing a country house of your own. This will be a real home that will never go to the bottom.

1. His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic

The ship "Britanic" was created by the same company as the well-known "Titanic" - "Harland and Wolff" (eng. Harland and Wolff) commissioned by "White Star Line" (eng. White star line). The ship was built some time after the death of the "unsinkable" Titanic. To protect its reputation, the company made some technical improvements to the design of the ship: increased the number of lifeboats on board, strengthened the hull from the boiler, engine and other compartments, the most vulnerable in a collision with an iceberg.

When the construction of the Britannic was completed, the ship was even larger in size than the Titanic. It could have easily become an excellent cruise ship if the First World War had not begun. The British government confiscated the Britannic, turning it into His Majesty's hospital ship. The ship was scuttled by enemy artillery fire a year later, as it first launched. On board were just over one thousand passengers. Almost all of them were saved. In total, about 30 people died.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered the sunken Britannic a few decades after her death and was quite surprised that the ship's hull was perfectly preserved. Since the 1990s, researchers have made many expeditions to the site of the sinking of the Britannica. The latter was organized in 2012 with the aim of installing special equipment on the ship that can track the growth rate of bacteria.

2. British transatlantic passenger liner"Lusitania"

The passenger liner Lusitania was considered the largest cruise ship in the world, however, for a short time. Its construction was completed in 1907.

Eight years later, the ship was sunk by the German submarine U-20, which caused a huge resonance in the world community. The Germans were accused of violating international law because they opened fire on a non-military vessel without warning. However, as it turned out later, Britain used the Lusitania to transport ammunition in the hope that Germany would not attack the passenger liner. This, in turn, was also a violation of international law.

The remains of the ship "Lusitania" rest at the bottom Atlantic Ocean 13 kilometers from the Irish town of Kinsale. The liner was poorly preserved, unlike the Titanic and Britannic, because it sank for a significant greater depth.

3. Spanish galleon "Nuestra Señora de Atocha"

The Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Atocha) was a prize ship of the Spanish Navy that sank with one of the greatest treasures in maritime history on board.

It happened in 1622. The galleon "Nuestra Señora de Atocha" was heading from Havana to Spain. It was carrying quite a valuable cargo: a huge amount of gold, silver, jewelry, tobacco, copper and other things. On the way, the Nuestra Señora de Atocha got into a severe storm. The ship's hull was significantly damaged, so it quickly sank along with passengers and expensive cargo on board.

For many years, the Spanish authorities have tried to find the wreck of the galleon "Nuestra Señora de Atocha" and return the lost values, but to no avail. The ship was discovered in 1985 by professional treasure hunter Mel Fisher. The most interesting thing is that the galleon is pooped and remains unfound to this day. As you know, it was in this part of the ship that the Spaniards transported the most valuable things several centuries ago.

4. Pirate ship "Ouida"

The Whydah Gally was owned by the pirate Black Sam Bellamy. He was considered the most successful pirate of all time: he sank and captured a huge number of treasure ships worth more than $ 120 million (translated into modern money). However, Bellamy could not fully enjoy the loot he had stolen. His ship Ouida sank in 1717 as a result of a severe storm, sending the captain, half of his crew and all the valuables on board to the bottom.

In 1977, researchers managed to find a sunken ship with the help of old map, compiled by a man who explored it immediately after the crash more than two hundred years ago. On the ship's bell, they found the inscription "Ouida, 1716", which did not give them the slightest doubt as to who owned the ship.

5. "Queen Anne's Revenge"

"Queen Anne's Revenge" went down in history as one of the most sinister pirate ships. He owes this status to his captain - Blackbeard. The ship was captured by a famous pirate in 1717. Twelve months later, it ran aground. Rumor has it that this was a deliberate move by his captain.

In 1996, researchers announced that after many decades they finally managed to find the sunken Queen Anne's Revenge. Many artifacts were found at the shipwreck site, but none of them helped to determine for sure whether this ship belonged to Blackbeard or not. In 2011 the National geographical society(Eng. National Geographic Society) stated with confidence that the ship discovered 15 years ago is indeed the Queen Anne's Revenge, but did not provide any convincing evidence. Work on the restoration of artifacts is still ongoing.

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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 is worth about 250 million euros, and the damage to the 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:

1. Displacement: 52,310 tons | 51,387 tons
2. Length: 269.1m | 290.2 m
3. Width: 28.2m | 35.5 m
4. Speed: 24 knots | 19.6 knots
5. Capacity: 2,556 passengers + 908 crew | 3,700 passengers + 1,100 crew.

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 -

In the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Giglio in 2012, on January 13, a terrible tragedy occurred - the catastrophe of a large cruise ship Costa Concordia. At that time there were 4200 people on it.

Ship "Costa Concordia"

The liner was built in the middle of summer 2006. This is one of the largest modern ships of the Costa Cruises company, which ranks first in Europe in terms of passenger (cruise) transportation. 114500 tons - its displacement, passenger capacity - up to 3780 people. The number of cabins on board is 1500.

Vessel dimensions: 290.2 m long, 35.5 m wide. A powerful electric generator is capable of providing energy to an entire city with a population of 50,000. There are four swimming pools, 5 restaurants, 5 spas, 13 bars, a disco, a cinema and an Internet cafe on board.

crash

On January 13, a ship from the port of Civitavecchia headed for Savona. It was an ordinary cruise route - "7 Nights of the Winter Mediterranean". This last cruise planned to call at several ports Italian cities and also to Barcelona and Marseille.

At 10 pm in the area of ​​the island of Giglio, when most of the passengers were having dinner at a restaurant, the ship ran into a huge stone reef. He received a large hole (length - 53 m, width up to 7.3 m) and began to sink. Compartments from the third to the eighth were flooded (5 in total). The eighth house was the engine room. In this regard, control over engines and electronic equipment was lost.

The ship ran aground just 150 meters from locality- the village of Giglio Porto. This is how the Costa Concordia sank.

The ship was designed to be unsinkable if only two compartments were damaged. By the morning of January 14, the ship sank and, having touched the bottom, lay on the starboard side.

In total, at the time of the disaster, there were 3,216 passengers (from 62 countries) and 1,023 crew members on the ship. Among them were Russians (108 people) and Ukrainians (45 citizens). None of them were hurt. Only of the three Russians (crew members) after the disaster, two ended up in the hospital. On board were three more citizens from Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Rescue operations, assistance of local residents

According to the testimonies of numerous witnesses (there are confirmations on video recordings), the crew of the Costa Concordia ship failed the rescue operation. The captain of the Schettino liner himself, instead of giving the necessary distress signal and starting the evacuation, announced to the passengers only 15 minutes after the accident that the ship had only minor problems with the generator (at that time there were indeed problems with energy).

Only when closer to 11 o'clock the ship's list increased greatly (30 degrees), beeps sounded, which meant that the passengers should leave the ship. Of course, panic began, a stampede.

The captain himself (according to the investigation) was one of the first to leave the ship, without even sending any signal about this terrible disaster. Thanks to the actions of the coast guard, which contacted the ship, a rescue operation began late at night.

Passengers who did not have time to get into the boats were lifted from the side rails (they clung to them) by helicopters. Four boats did not have time to launch. There was a very strong roll. Some passengers were able to swim to shore on their own.

Subsequently, during the search for missing people, naval sailors began to punch holes in the walls of the ship with explosions in order to break through to the remaining air bags, which could contain survivors.

Search and rescue operations had to be stopped several times due to adverse weather conditions and ship movements.

At the beginning of February 2012, the search was announced to be stopped, but only in the flooded parts of the ship, due to the great risk to scuba divers. And searches on the seabed (within 18 sq. km), as well as in the remaining not flooded premises of the vessel, continued.

The inhabitants of the island, in turn, helped the victims by placing them in a school, local church and other buildings. Provided them medical care brought food, warm clothes.

Victims, dead and injured

According to daily reports on January 14, it was known about the death of three people.
On January 15, the bodies of two more dead passengers(Italian and Spanish).

By January 16, there were already 6 dead. And 16 people at that time were listed as missing. The next day, the list of missing people grew to 29 people (including 4 crew members). The confusion in the figures of the summary was explained by the fact that most those saved were foreigners who did not speak Italian.

By the end of March 2012, a total of 30 bodies had been found. Two more people were still missing. The remains of the most recent missing person were discovered during search operations only in November 2013.

Invasion of tourists

"Costa Concordia" has increased the flow of tourists to the scene of the tragedy.

More than six months after the disaster tiny island filled with a huge number of tourists. In nearby San Stefano, 15 kilometers from the site of the tragedy, tour operators were doing business selling tickets for 10 euros. Tourists got the opportunity to look at the half-sank liner from a special ferry, which passed just a few meters from the Concordia.

The mayor of the village of Giglio, Sergio Ortelli, noted that in fact there was a significant increase in the number of tourists. They came to see the giant ship that fell on its side and take pictures of it as a keepsake.

Investigative work on the incident, results

The investigation found that the ship approached much closer (10 times) to the shore than it was planned by the route, and at a higher speed.

The entire campaign to eliminate the consequences of the shipwreck lasted more than two years. The damage estimated by the authorities of the island of Giglio amounted to 125-189 million euros.

The main defendant is the captain of the wrecked liner Francesco Schettino. He was found guilty of unintentional murder of people (32 people) and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Shipping experts are perplexed and wonder how such a modern and well-equipped vessel as the Costa Concordia could run aground in such well-studied sea areas.

The experts had two questions. Namely, how it happened that the Costa Concordia deviated from the planned route (by 3-4 nautical miles) and for what reason she capsized so soon.

This ship has been cruising this route 52 times per year.
The main assumptions about the causes of what happened are the human factor and a technical failure or a combination of these two factors.

It is also possible that the ship's crew simply strayed off course. Therefore, the liner "Costa Concordia" was dangerously close to the coast.

There were also versions that there were malfunctions in the ship's navigation equipment.
Power outages could also occur on board.

But the most important thing is that there was a crash in the Mediterranean Sea huge liner"Costa Concordia", learned in the world only a day after the incident. The greatest indignation and bewilderment was caused by the behavior of the captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino, and the crew subordinate to him.

According to the testimonies of passengers, some members of the crew did not even let people in at first. lifeboats eventually climbed into them themselves. And the captain escaped from the sinking ship, leaving all the passengers behind.

Costa Concordia now

The operation to raise the ship was carried out in several stages. These works are the most expensive in the history of such operations, their cost is about 250 million euros. For the owners of the vessel, the damage amounted to approximately 1.5 billion euros. In August 2013, a unique operation began. It took less than a day. The ship was safely keeled.

The goal of the whole operation was, first of all, to achieve a minimum roll (zero). This has been successfully achieved. For 600 days on the reefs, the hull of the liner was badly damaged. However, the rise of the Costa Concordia ended successfully.

At the end of July 2014, work began on towing the ship to the port of Genoa. Three days later, the ship was brought to the intended port. Work on dismantling the hull will take almost 2 years.

It is possible that the shipwreck of the Titanic is the biggest tragedy, since the ship was considered unsinkable. This ship still fascinates marine archaeologists and hobbyists, but there have been countless other shipwrecks in the oceans that can also be counted as major ones. Here's what 25 different shipwrecks look like.

The death of the Austro-Hungarian steamer

The ship "Baron Gausch", originally used to serve passenger lines, was leased by the Austro-Hungarian army after the July 1914 military campaign in the First world war for transport troops, and only a month later he ran into a minefield near the Brijuni Islands. It is estimated that between 240 and 390 people died in the sinking. Today the ship is located at a depth of 40 meters off the coast of Rovinj and is considered the most popular place for divers in the Adriatic.

SS Maheno turned into a rusty ship

SS Maheno was ocean liner until she was converted to a hospital ship during the First World War. After the war, the ship was sold to Osaka (Japan). When she was sent to a new port in 1935, a cyclone struck the hull and broke it. How it looks now can be seen in the main photo of the article.

Ship La Salle The Belle

Discovered in 1996, the wreck of The Belle had been under water for 310 years before being discovered by marine archaeologists. The ship is located 25 km from the coast, 200 km southwest of Houston.

According to Texas A&M Today, the Belle was one of four ships owned by French explorer Robert de la Salle. It had 300 settlers who were supposed to colonize the territory of the coast Gulf of Mexico, but incorrect maps led the ships to the Texas coast. Belle was abandoned in 1686 after a storm sank it in Matagorda Bay.

Australian ship "Centaur"

"Centaur" was hospital ship, but the Japanese did not spare him during World War II. Only 64 of the 332 passengers, including crew members and nurses, survived after spending 35 hours on the rafts waiting to be rescued. The crash site was discovered in 2009 by a team led by David Marnes.

The crash of the Panagiotis

In 1980, the ship Panayiotis smuggled cigarettes, alcohol, and possibly people from Cephalonia into Albania. He was washed ashore Greek island Zakynthos. Today, the wreck is a popular tourist attraction, accessible only by boat.

"Titanic"

Everyone knows this story. Departing from Southampton (England) to New York, "Titanic", considered one of the most luxurious and safe liners ever built, ran into an iceberg and sank off the coast of Newfoundland, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The ship was on its maiden voyage. The Titanic is located about 650 km east of Nova Scotia.

Medieval ship "Gribsunden"

The Gribsunden, a contemporary of the Colombian Santa Maria, caught fire and sank off the coast of Ronneby in southern Sweden. It belonged to King John of Denmark, who sent it on a mission to unite Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

The mystery of the ship "Dimitrios"

According to some reports, the ship was used to smuggle cigarettes from Turkey to Italy and was set on fire to hide the evidence. It is located in the port in Gythion, 5 km north of Valtaki beach, where it was washed up by waves in 1981. The ship remains there to this day today.

Erebus, ship of Franklin's Lost Expedition

Sir John Franklin, an officer in the English Royal Navy, led two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, on an expedition in the 1840s, according to National Geographic. The ships disappeared in 1848 and were only found in 2014, when the Canadian mission was stationed at Erebus. A note was found stating that Franklin died before the ships were abandoned by their crews.

German cruiser SMS Coln

The German warship SMS Coln, named after German city Cologne, in fact, did not participate in any battles. It was one of the many ships artificially sunk in Scapa Potok after World War I to prevent it from being captured by the British.

The ship "Eduard Bolen"

"Eduard Bohlen" - German cargo Ship who ran aground on his way to South Africa. It may have been close to shore when it was scuttled in 1909, but now it has drifted quite a distance.

Deliberate sinking of the ship "Tabarka"

"Tabarka" was French cargo ship. It was built in 1909 and sunk on purpose to block the way for a British ship during the Second World War.

Satila wreck in the Red Sea

The Eilat was one of 13 Israeli Navy missile ships that were detained in Cherbourg, France, due to an arms embargo in 1969. That year, on Christmas Eve, six Israelis successfully completed a secret mission to divert ships to Israel.

A rotting ship in Inverness, California

The ship Point Reyes in Inverness (California) was supposed to be removed from this place. When a wetland restoration firm purchased the land, the previous owner sent the ship ashore to restore it, but the move never came to fruition. Local photographers and visitors insisted that he stay.

Russian destroyer Moskva

A World War II warship was discovered in 2011, about 20 km from the Romanian coast. In 1941, Romania launched an attack on Moscow. When the ammunition on board exploded, the ship sank in less than five minutes.

Ship "Two Brothers"

The whaling ship Two Brothers set sail for Nantucket in 1821. Its captain, George Pollard, lost the ship in a storm. It was discovered in 2010 at a distance of 965 km from Honolulu along with whaling harpoons.

British transport ship Thistlegorm

The Thistlegorm made three successful flights transporting steel rails and aircraft parts before being sunk by two German bombers on 6 October 1941. The crash site was discovered in the 1950s by Jacques Yves Cousteau.

Cargo ship "Probitas"

The research ship Hercules RPM Nautical Foundation discovered the Italian cargo ship Probitas, built in 1919, in the Ionian Sea of ​​Albania. It was sunk by an air strike off the coast of Santi Caranta in 1943.

Crash near Cuba

The Destroyed Ship is an American landing craft that was used during the invasion of Cuba. It has been turned over, but is still intact. A museum called Museo Giron is dedicated to the history of the region, and those who wish are given the opportunity to dive from the shore under water and view a military ship.

Bust dating back to the 3rd century

This is a bust of the Roman emperor Philip the Arab, who reigned from 224 to 249 AD. e. It was discovered near the Mediterranean island of Corsica on October 23, 2004. The bust is part of a two-meter statue of the emperor, which was left after a shipwreck of the III century.

Scuttled Japanese ships

Chuuk Lagoon (Micronesia) was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Navy prior to Operation Haleston. A US surprise attack in 1944 destroyed 250 aircraft and sank over 50 ships. This popular place for scuba diving.

Shipwrecks of the 4th century

Off the coast of Albania there are rich treasures - ancient amphoras, which contained olive oil and wine, as well as wreckage from two world wars. The RPM has documented finds from roughly the 3rd and 4th century BC to World War II.

Cemetery 500 ships

After the Battle of the Java Sea during World War II, a ship graveyard was formed off the coast of Indonesia. There are wrecks of 17th-century East India Company ships, as well as the remains of British, American, Australian, Dutch and Japanese military personnel.

Spiegel Grove flooding

The ship was deliberately sunk on June 10, 2002. The Spiegel Grove was resting on the starboard side, but in 2005, divers discovered that the vessel had turned vertically, likely due to hurricane waves off southeast coast Cuba. This largest ship in the world that has ever sunk into a reef.

Ancient Korean porcelain left over from a shipwreck

An octopus, clutching a plate, led researchers to a 12th-century shipwreck containing over 2,500 pieces of well-preserved ancient Korean porcelain.

National Collection Maritime Museum includes hundreds of cups, bowls, plates, and other items that curators say were intended for the noble class and government officials of the Goryeo dynasty, who ruled from 918 to 1392.

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

The final liquidation of the consequences of the crash will consist of 10 stages and will require several years.

First, we will tell you about how the crash of the Costa Concordia cruise ship happened.

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

According to the captain, the cruise liner ran into rocks that were not indicated on the navigation chart. 32 people died, two are missing.

People waiting to be evacuated from a sinking ship, January 14, 2012. Some of them are now dead. (Photo by AP Photo | Courtesy a tourist aboard the ship):

Later, the Costa Concordia sank almost completely into the Mediterranean Sea. January 24, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo | Italian Navy GOS):

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.

The prosecutor's office claimed that it was the actions of the captain with the corresponding name Francesco Schettino that led to the wreck of the ship, and also accuses him of fleeing the ship long before the end of the evacuation, leaving his passengers behind. (Photo by Reuters | Enzo Russo | ANSA):

Let's compare the Titanic and the Costa Concordia according to technical characteristics:

1. Displacement: 52,310 tons | 51,387 tons
2. Length: 269.1m | 290.2 m
3. Width: 28.2m | 35.5 m
4. Speed: 24 knots | 19.6 knots
5. Capacity: 2,556 passengers + 908 crew | 3,700 passengers + 1,100 crew.

Rescuers at the ship, January 19, 2012. To get into some compartments, it was necessary to install explosive charges on the ship's hull, which made the necessary holes. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia | Reuters):

By the way, among the maritime disasters that occurred in peacetime, the Titanic ranks third in terms of the number of victims - 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.

Chairs recovered from the Costa Concordia, (AP Photo | Pier Paolo Cito):

The Costa Concordia had 1,500 cabins, the world's largest maritime wellness center, four swimming pools, five spas, five restaurants, 13 bars, a cinema, a disco and an internet cafe. Let's look inside the sunken cruise ship, January 19, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Centro subacquei dei Carabinieri):

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. Panic reigned.

Scuba divers inspect the interior of the wreck of the Costa Concordia on January 24, 2012. (AP Photo | Italian Navy)

This is how the Costa Concordia cruise ship remained off the coast of Tuscany in Italy on February 11, 2012. (Photo by Reuters | Giampiero Sposito):

In this disaster, 32 people died, two more were not found. Their names are engraved on the memorial plaque. Italy, January 13, 2013. (Photo by AP Photo | Gregorio Borgia):

The specialists were able to start pumping out diesel fuel from the tanks of the vessel only a month later: both because of the search for people, and because of weather conditions. And although a large-scale ecological catastrophe was avoided, the damage protected area Italy was nevertheless inflicted. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Images):

The complete liquidation of the consequences of the crash will consist of 10 stages and will require several years. (Photo by AP Photo | Pier Paolo Cito):

How the cruise ship Costa Concordia was raised

The next stage in the aftermath of the crash was the recovery of the cruise ship Costa Concordia.

View near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany in Italy, September 16, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Tony Gentile):

Here, at the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, work is being completed on the installation of equipment before bringing the ship into a vertical position. This operation is truly unique. Previously, engineers had never had to work with such large ships.

The purpose of this operation was to remove the ship from the rocks, lift it up and put it upright with the help of an underwater platform and cranes. Containers on the sides (below in the photo) will allow the entire structure to remain on the surface. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

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. Italy, August 26, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Alessandro Bianchi):

The main danger of this operation was that during the first maneuvers, the ship's hull, which had serious damage, could break. (Photo by AP Photo | Gregorio Borgia):

After raising the sunken rescuers, the restaurant and the deck on the starboard side are most interested in - most likely, they will try to find the bodies of two missing people there - waiter Kevin Rebello and passenger Maria Grazia Trecariki.

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.

The goal of the operation was to achieve zero roll, and this goal has been achieved. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

600 days on its side on the reefs turned out to be fatal for the Costa Concordia cruise liner, the hull is hopelessly deformed, but now there are no inaccessible zones on it. September 19, 2013. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

Costa Concordia in an upright position, September 17, 2013. The mangled side of the ship. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

Off the coast of the island of Giglio, a ship anchored on a platform that will help it survive the winter storm season will remain idle until at least the end of next spring. Then Costa Concordia will be towed to one of the nearest ports for further disposal. (Photo by Vicenzo Pinto | AFP | Getty Images):

The starboard side was severely damaged. September 17, 2013. (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):

The ship Costa Concordia, raised from the day, on September 17, 2013. The mangled right side is visible in the photo. See also: (Photo by Andreas Solaro | AFP | Getty Images):