Casualties – New probe into ferry ESTONIA sinking reveals construction flaws – Jan 2023
A new investigation into the sinking of ferry ESTONIA that claimed 852 souls in 1994 revealed flaws in her bow visor construction missed during her certification, officials said on Monday 23rd January 2023. Built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, West Germany as yard number 590 she was launched on 26th April,1980 and in service on […]
Casualties – Aland Islands Ferry AMORELLA ran aground – 20.09.2020
The 1988 built ferry AMORELLA operated by the ferry company Viking Line between the Finnish western port city of Turku and Swedish capital Stockholm is currently aground south of the port of Långnäs in the Åland Islands. In a tweet, the local coastguard division stated that AMORELLA went aground south of Långnäs. The ship pushed […]
61 Years – Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision – 25 July 1956 The Swedish passenger ship STOCKHOLM and the Italian passenger ship ANDREA DORIA collided on the edge of a heavy fog bank off Nantucket on 25 July 1956. The ANDREA DORIA built in 1951 by Ansaldo Shipyards of Genoa, Italy sank several hours after the collision, but […]
