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Worst Maritime Incidents by Death Toll
This list features the worst peacetime maritime incidents ever by death toll.
RANK | MARITIME INCIDENT | DEATH TOLL | LOCATION | YEAR | CAUSE |
1 | MV Doña Paz | 4,385 | Tablas Strait, Philippines | 1987 | Collision with Oil Tanker |
2 | MV Le Joola | 1,863 | Senegal | 2002 | Capsizing |
3 | MV Spice Islander I | 1,573 | Zanzibar Channel | 2011 | Capsizing |
4 | Sultana | 1,547 | Mississippi River | 1865 | Boiler explosion |
5 | RMS Titanic | 1,514 | North Atlantic | 1912 | Collision with iceberg |
6 | Tek Sing | c. 1,500 | South China Sea | 1822 | Overcrowding and capsizing |
7 | Taiping | 1,500 | East China Sea | 1949 | Typhoon and capsizing |
8 | Tōya Maru | 1,159 | Tsugaru Strait | 1954 | Collision |
9 | RMS Empress of Ireland | 1,024 | Saint Lawrence River | 1914 | Collision |
10 | PS General Slocum | 1,021 | New York, United States | 1904 | Fire |
11 | MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 | 1,012 | Red Sea | 2006 | Collision |
12 | SS Kiche Maru | 1,000 | Off Honshu, Japan | 1912 | Collision |
13 | SS Hsin-Yu | 1,000 | Zhoushan | 1916 | Collision |
14 | SS Hong Moh | c. 1,000 | South China Sea | 1921 | Collision |
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