Steam Ship Fires, Explosions and Bombs
TSMS Lakonia Fire, Greek Line Fire near Madeira Portugal – December 22, 1963 passenger ship TSMS Lakonia, sailed by Greek Line, was sailing on a Christmas cruise on December 22, 1963 around 11 pm while the ship was about […]
SS Yarmouth Castle Fire Yarmouth Cruise Lines near Miami, Florida – November 13, 1965 the fire on Yarmouth Cruise Lines, SS Yarmouth Castle caused the death of 88 Passengers and 2 Crew. Jonathan Hamilton, age 14, died in […]
SS Norway Fire, Norwegian Cruise Line Fire near Port of Miami – May 25, 2003, At 0637 hours the Bahamas-registered passenger vessel S/S Norway, with 911 crew members and 2,135 passengers on board, suffered a boiler […]
SS Morro Castle Fire near Long Beach Island, New York – 135 Passengers and Crew Died At around 2:50 a.m. on September 8, 1934 while the SS Morro Castle was sailing around eight nautical miles […]
SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co. Manhattan NYC Harbor – June 15, 1904 a Steam Ship Fire broke on Manhattan NYC Harbor, 1,021 Passengers Die In Ship Blaze. The General Slocum, owned by the Knickerbocker Steamship […]
SS Saale Fire, North German Lloyd Steamship Co, near Hoboken, New Jersey – June 30, 1900 the fire and sinking of the Steamship Saale has 361 Deaths attributed to this disaster making it one of the largest […]
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