Mayakovsky (ship)
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| Date | 13 August 1950 |
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| Location | Daugava |
| Cause | Vessel overloaded |
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On August 13, 1950 the steamer Mayakovsky (named for Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky) sank at around 12:00 pm local time due overloading the vessel with too many people. Mayakovsky sank in the center of Riga, just 12 to 15 meters (38 to 49 feet) from the present day site of the Stone Bridge. A total of 147 people died, including 48 children. It was the deadliest peacetime disaster in Soviet Latvian history.
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