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This is a list of roll-on/roll-off vessels involved in maritime incidents and accidents.

Date Name Incident
31 January 1953 MV Princess Victoria[1]
26 September 1954 Hitaka Maru Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] Also romanized as Hidaka.
26 September 1954 Kitami Maru Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2]
26 September 1954 Seikan Maru No 11 Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] Refloated in 1956 and returned to service.[3]
26 September 1954 Tokachi Maru Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers.[2] Refloated in 1956 and returned to service.[3]
26 September 1954 Tōya Maru Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954). 1,430 people aboard were killed in the accident.
8 December 1966 SS Heraklion Unsecured refrigerator truck forced open midship loading door[4]
10 April 1968 TEV Wahine Caught in storm off Cyclone Giselle, ran aground on Barrett Reef, then capsized and sank off of New Zealand
19 December 1982 MS European Gateway
15 February 1985 MV A Regina Ran aground and wrecked. No casualties or serious injury
6 March 1987 MS Herald of Free Enterprise
26 April 1988 MV Reijin Capsized and sank off the coast of Portugal on maiden voyage
7 April 1990 MS Scandinavian Star
14-15th December 1991 MV Salem Express Struck a reef and sank in sight of port at Safaga, Egypt, with at least 464 casualties.
14 January 1993 MS Jan Heweliusz
28 September 1994 MS Estonia Originally said to have had a bow visor failure. Investigations have been reopened in 2020. 852 people aboard were killed in the accident.
26 September 2000 MS Express Samina
26 September 2002 MV Le Joola Second deadliest non-military maritime disaster
14 December 2002 MV Tricolor Collision, no casualties, vessel required salvation by wreck cutting in 9 sections due to being a hazard to navigation.
31 January 2004 MV Diamond Ray Collision with container vessel Trade Zale during anchoring in the bay of Ulsan, requiring salvage tugs, no casualties[5][6]
15 May 2004 MV Hyundai No 105 Collided with tanker MT Kaminesan and sank close to Singapore Sentosa island, no casualties but crew required rescue[7]
3 February 2006 MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98
22 March 2006 MV Queen of the North Failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank.
23 July 2006 MV Cougar Ace Was successfully salvaged and returned to service.[8]
8 March 2007 MV Repubblica di Genova[9]
5 December 2012 MV Baltic Ace 11 fatalities, collision with container vessel Corvus J.
7 May 2013 MV Jolly Nero 9 fatalities, collision with the Pilots' office tower during unberthing[10]
16 April 2014 MV Sewol 304 fatalities, caused by insufficient ballast, overloading, and steering error.[11]
3 January 2015 MV Hoegh Osaka Developed severe list and was intentionally grounded, no casualties
1 October 2015 SS El Faro 33 fatalities, sunk in deep water by Hurricane Joaquin[12]
26 January 2016 MV Modern Express Severely listed in the Bay of Biscay, crew evacuated, no casualties, vessel required salvation by towage [13]
20 September 2018 MV Nyerere 228 fatalities, captain distracted by cellphone.[14]
10 March 2019 MV Grande America Caught fire and sank in the Bay of Biscay, no casualties[15]
9 September 2019 MV Golden Ray Capsized in St. Simons Sound, no casualties[16]

References

  1. ^ Gordon, D (22 January 2003). "Princess Victoria". Irish Sea Shipping: The Online Shipping Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Nakao, Masayuki. "Seikan Railroad Ferryboat Accident". Failure Knowledge Database. Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Pearce, W.A. "Japanese Railway Ships". Japanese Railway Society. Japanese Railway Society. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. ^ Papanikolaou, A; Boulougouris, Evangelos; Sklavenitis, A (2014). "The sinking of the Ro–Ro passenger ferry SS Heraklion". International Shipbuilding Progress. 61 (1–2): 81-102. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ Honshu Shipping Co, LTD. v. M/V Trade Zale (United States District Court, N.D. California), Text.
  6. ^ "Diamond Ray". Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Ship Carrying 4,000 Cars Sinks off of Singapore". NBC News. Associated Press. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. ^ Davis, Joshua (25 February 2008). "High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace". Wired. No. 16.03. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ^ McDaniel, Michael S. "A Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender". Cargo Law. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. ^ Winfield, Nicole (8 May 2013). "Italy cargo ship crash: Nine people feared dead after collision with Genoa port control tower". The Independent. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  11. ^ www.ytn.co.kr https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0115_201405040952403761. Retrieved 2020-09-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Byrne, Matt (7 October 2015). "After 6 days, Coast Guard ends search for survivors of El Faro sinking". Press Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  13. ^ Staff (3 February 2016). "Ro/Ro Modern Express Successfully Taken in Tow". Maritime Executive. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  14. ^ Yonazi, Jim James (18 December 2018). "Training in Alertness Crucial to Mitigate Disaster Effects". Daily News. Tanzania Standard Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Fire-Stricken Grande America Sinks off France". World Maritime News. Offshore Energy. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  16. ^ Alonso, Melissa; Andone, Dakin (9 September 2019). "Four crew members are missing after a cargo ship capsized off the Georgia coast". CNN. Cable News Network. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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