ninjapundit: Worst Ferry Disasters

Worst Ferry Disasters

Ranked by deaths

4,341 1987: Dona Paz ferry collided Dec. 20 in Philippines with oil tanker Vector; resulting fire and sinking killed4,341 in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
1,863 2002: Overloaded Le Joola ferry capsized Sept. 26 in Senegal, killing 1,863.
1,000 1954:Toya Maru ferry sank Sept. 26 off Japan during a typhoon, killing more than1,000 passengers and crew members.
1,000 2006: Al Salaam Boccaccio 98 ferry sank Feb. 3 in the Red Sea, killing more than1,000.
1,000 1996: Bukoba ferry hit a rock and capsized May 21 in Lake Victoria in Tanzania, killing up to 1,000 people aboard a ship certified to carry 430.
700 2008: Princess of the Stars ferry capsized and sank June 21 in a typhoon off the Philippines, killing about 700.
500 1986: Shamia ferry capsized and sank May 27 in a storm on a river in Bangladesh, killing an estimated 500.
500 2003: Nazreen-1 ferry sank July 8 in a Bangladesh river, killing about 500.
500 1993: Neptune ferry sank Feb. 16 in Haiti, killing at least 500.
500 2000: Overcrowded Cahaya Bahari ferry sank June 29 in a storm off Indonesia, killing nearly 500.
302 April 15, 2014 302 total 121 dead 181 missing South Korean Ferry Sewol

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