When a big ocean liner's cargo of fertilizer catches fire in Galatz, it causes an explosion and pretty soon, the whole ship is ablaze. A helpful newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire. They made a movie two years after of this tragedy named Poseidon Explosion with Romanian actors Dem Rădulescu, Jean Constantin, George Motoi, Colea Răutu, Toma Caragiu, Gheorghe Oancea, Radu Beligan, Dorin Dron, Mihai Mălaimare, Mihai Boghiță, Mircea Başta, Gheorghe Dinică, Draga Olteanu Matei, Cezara Dafinescu, Florin Piersic, Mircea Diaconu. They made the film in two cities Galatz and Zătun, after the movie the wreck ship was beached Smârdan to the groove channel Măcin where she was abandoned and stayed there until 1994 when it was cut off for the most part. The good part of this tragedy is no people death, many people are surviving except for the movie Poseidon Explosion when he died three people and two of the crew but rest of the people surviving of this tragedy.
The ship caught fire at Gibraltar, with its bridge deck and accommodation gutted. Repairs were deemed uneconomic and the ship was scrapped later in the year.
The three-masted auxiliary barque was driven ashore in Parengarenga Harbour, a few miles south of North Cape. She was en route to New Zealand from Australia, and after being becalmed encountered a gale on rounding North Cape and failed to make Houhora Harbour. The crew of 13 men and one woman landed safely, there were no fatalities. She was the first square-rigged sailing vessel wrecked on the New Zealand coast for more than 50 years. Endeavour II had taken part in the 1970 bi-centenary re-enactment of James Cook's landing at Botany Bay, Sydney on 29 April 1970.[8]
The bulk carrier had run aground and broken her back at Genoa in April 1970, but Smit Tak International had refloated the after portion on 12 October 1971 and was towing it to be scuttled on the Balearic Abyssal Plain. About 90 miles (78 nmi; 140 km) out from Genoa the hulk sank in the early hours of 14 October.[33]
The OBO carrier exploded and caught fire 150 nautical miles (280 km) East London, South Africa. All on board were rescued by Showa Venture (Liberia). The captain and five officers later reboarded the ship, which was towed by the tugs Arctic and Statesman to Port Elizabeth.[35] The ship was repaired and returned to service.[36]
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^ abcLane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 82–84. ISBN978-0-7524-1720-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help)
^ abHendry, Alex (13 January 1971). "International dispute on Channel Safety". The Times. No. 58071. London. col D, p. 1. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^ abBignell, Alan (2001). Kent Shipwrecks (Second ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 106–13. ISBN1 85306 719 9.
^"Picture Gallery". The Times. No. 58121. London. 13 March 1971. col D-F, p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^Leapman, Michael (30 March 1971). "33 lost in tanker broken 'by one wave'". The Times. No. 58134. London. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^ ab"Liner refloated after two hours on shingle bank". The Times. No. 58174. London. 17 May 1971. col D-E, p. 1. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN1-85044-275-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Hazelhurst, Peter (25 September 1971). "British ship holed in Pakistan port by East Bengal frogemen". The Times. No. 58282. London. col A-B, p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^"26 are taken off grounded ferry". The Times. No. 58306. London. 23 October 1971. col C, p. 2. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^ ab"Captain reboards blazing tanker with five officers". The Times. No. 58321. London. 10 November 1971. col C, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
^"Ship sinks, tree hits bus, as gales sweep Britain". The Times. No. 58355. London. 20 December 1971. col A-D, p. 1. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)