List of shipping disasters
The lists of shipping disasters contain a listing of the most serious marine casualties and shipping disasters in the history of the sea and shipping in general.
Content and definition
In particular, very serious marine accidents are listed here - those with fatal consequences, or those with total loss of ship or with significant water pollution.
From the Maritime Safety Investigation Act :
"§ 1a Definitions (...)
- 2. very serious marine casualty
- a marine accident that occurs to a ship and in which the ship is completely lost, at least one person is killed or there is considerable pollution;
- 3. serious marine casualty
- a marine casualty that is not classified as a "very serious marine casualty" and in which there is in particular a fire, an explosion, a collision, a grounding, contact with a solid body, damage caused by severe weather, ice damage, a There is a crack or suspected other damage in the outer skin with one or more of the following consequences:
- a) failure of the main engines; significant damage to accommodation spaces; severe damage to the shipbuilding structures, in particular a leak in the underwater area of the outer skin, which makes the ship unfit to sail,
- b) pollution, regardless of the amount of pollutants released, or
- c) an average which requires towing or assistance from the land; "
According to the number of victims
- List of the worst catastrophes in shipping - each with at least 2500 deaths
Chronologically - in the sea
Marine casualties up to the 18th century (492 BC-1800)
- Marine casualties up to 1500
- Marine casualties 1501–1600
- Marine casualties 1601–1700
- Maritime casualties 1701–1800
Marine casualties in the 19th century (1801–1900)
- List of major marine accidents 1801–1850
- List of major marine casualties 1851–1875
- List of major marine casualties, 1876–1900
Marine casualties in the 20th century (1901–2000)
- List of major marine casualties 1901–1910
- List of major marine casualties 1911–1920
- List of major marine accidents 1921–1930
- List of major marine casualties from 1931 to 1940
- List of major marine casualties from 1941 to 1950
- List of major marine accidents 1951–1960
- List of major marine accidents 1961–1970
- List of major marine accidents 1971–1980
- List of major marine accidents 1981–1990
- List of major marine accidents 1991–2000
Marine casualties in the 21st century (from 2001)
By categories of shipping
- List of inland navigation accidents
- List of submarine accidents since 1945
- List of significant ship sinkings
According to cultures
- List of Chinese shipwrecks (selection of archaeologically significant relics from marine accidents)
perception
The contemporary public perception of shipping disasters often did not depend on the actual severity of the respective disaster, but on a variety of factors for which, according to recent historical research, the concept of ' sense making ' played a prominent role.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert C. Moyer: 'When that great ship went down': Modern maritime disasters and collective memory . In: International Journal of Maritime History . tape 26 , no. 4 , November 2014, ISSN 0843-8714 , p. 734-751 , doi : 10.1177 / 0843871414551898 .
up to 1500 | 1501-1600 | 1601-1700 | 1701-1800 | 1801-1850 | 1851-1875 | 1876–1900 | 1901-1910 | 1911–1920 | 1921–1930 | 1931–1940 | 1941–1950 | 1951–1960 | 1961–1970 | 1971–1980 | 1981–1990 | 1991-2000 | 2001–2010 | since 2011 . Inland navigation: List of inland navigation accidents . Military: List of major ship sinkings | List of submarine accidents since 1945 . Historic Sinks: List of the worst shipping disasters .