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Peacetime shipping disasters – timeline
The Costa Concordia is the latest in several major disasters at sea since the Titanic sank 100 years agoTimeline of some of the world’s major peacetime shipping disasters since the Titanic sank 100 years ago:15 April 1912 – Canada The White Star passenger liner Titanic sank on her maiden voyage off Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg. Of the 2,200 passengers and crew aboard the ship, dubbed before its departure as “unsinkable” 1,523 died.
published date:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:12 GMT