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May 7, 2025
In the next few weeks, the recovery of British tech-tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht will begin. This will shed some light on the mystery of how an allegedly unsinkable vessel ended up in the sea back in August. In just 16 minutes, the Bayesian capsized from the stern and sank…
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July 30, 2025
The regional emergency service reported on Wednesday that two British brothers, aged 11 and 13, drowned in the sea off the Spanish coast of Llarga, Catalonia. Their father, who had tried to save the boys, was rescued and survived. In a statement…
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July 21, 2025
A media report said that an Italian judge ordered on Monday six police officers and coastguards to face trial for mishandling of operations during the 2023 migrant shipwreck near Cutro, which killed over 90 people. A wooden sailboat, which had set off from Turkey…
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July 4, 2025
Officials said that Indonesian rescuers were battling strong currents as they resumed the search on Friday for 30 people who are still missing in the sea, about 35 hours after an Indonesian ferry sank and killed at least six people. Ribut Eko…
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July 2, 2025
Search and Rescue Agency of Indonesia said that four people were killed, 38 people are missing and 23 people survived when a ferry with 65 passengers sank in the vicinity of the Indonesian island Bali. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya, which was on…
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July 1, 2025
Egypt's Petroleum Ministry said Tuesday it had received a report about a capsized drilling ship in the Gulf of Suez from Offshore Shukheir oil Company. The ministry stated that the drillship "Adam Marine 12" was located at Gabal El Zeit in the Red Sea.
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June 30, 2025
A U.N. official reported on Monday that one woman had died, two were missing, and 87 migrants were rescued after a shipwreck near the Italian island Lampedusa. Lampedusa is located between Tunisia and Malta, and the larger Italian Island of Sicily.
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June 16, 2025
A local official confirmed that the death toll was at least 45 following three motorized canoes that capsized on Lake Tumba in Democratic Republic of Congo last Wednesday. The search for survivors continues. According to Lake Commissioner Gabriel Ifulu Bongolomba…
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June 9, 2025
According to a Washington think-tank, the North Korean destroyer which was partially capsized in a botched launch ceremony has been delivered to a ship repair facility. According to satellite images, the Center for Strategic and International Studies…
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June 4, 2025
Researchers from the United States said that North Korea appeared to have repositioned its Choe Hyun Class destroyer, which partially capsized after a botched launch ceremony. Kim Jong Un said that the failure to launch the warship weighing 5…
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May 30, 2025
The captain of the container ship which collided with a U.S. oil tanker near Britain's East Coast pleaded guilty to manslaughter through gross negligence in London on Friday. Vladimir Motin was a Russian citizen, aged 59. He was the captain…
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May 28, 2025
On Wednesday, emergency services in the region reported that at least six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants to Spain's Canary Islands capsized as it was being escorted into port. According to the state broadcaster TVE, it was carrying around 180 passengers.
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May 27, 2025
The police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines said on Tuesday that they found on the beach of Canouan Island a boat with the remains of 11 people, who they believe may have been from Mali. However, investigations are still ongoing to determine their identity.
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May 24, 2025
State media reported on Sunday that North Korea had detained officials from a shipyard responsible for an accident which occurred during the recent launch of a warship. Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, witnessed the failed launch which crippled a 5,000-tonne battleship.
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May 23, 2025
Three sources confirmed on Friday that a Greek naval court had charged 17 coastguard officers in connection with one of the worst shipwrecks to occur in the Mediterranean two years ago. Hundreds of people were believed to have died. The shipwreck that occurred on June 14…
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May 15, 2025
A UK interim report on Thursday said that winds exceeding 117 km/h probably caused the superyacht to sink off Sicily in 2013, killing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, among others. Marine Accident Investigations Branch in Britain said that the 56-metre (184-foot-long) Bayesian…
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May 22, 2025
North Korea began a thorough investigation of the accident that occurred this week during the launch a warship, according to KCNA. Pyongyang said that the incident occurred on Wednesday due to a loss in balance when the vessel was launched. Sections of the bottom were crushed.
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May 19, 2025
Egypt declared seven people missing, including five foreigners. This was after a tourist vessel capsized in November off the coast of Egypt's Red Sea. In a decree published on Sunday in the official gazette by the country's premier, two British…
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May 5, 2025
U.S. authorities said that at least three people, including two children were dead and nine others missing after a small vessel capsized on rough seas north of San Diego in what appeared to be a migrant smuggling effort. The U.S. Coast Guard…
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May 5, 2025
Authorities told NBC News, among other media outlets, that at least three people died after a small vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean, north of San Diego. The U.S. Coast Guard also said they were searching for nine people who had gone missing.
