List of roll-on/roll-off vessel accidents

This is a list of roll-on/roll-off vessels which took on water and capsized or sank due to problems with the loading doors or vehicle decks, or other causes not associated with their construction as roll-on/roll-off ferries.

  • MV Princess Victoria in 1953 killing 133 people[1]
  • SS Heraklion in 1966 killing over 200 people[2]
  • TEV Wahine in 1968 killing 52 people
  • MV A Regina ran aground and wrecked in 1985. No casualties or serious injury.
  • MS Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 killing 193 people
  • MS Jan Heweliusz in 1993 killing 55 people
  • MS Estonia in 1994 killing 852 people
  • MS Express Samina in 2000 killing 82 people
  • MV Tricolor in 2002 collided, no casualties, vessel required salvation by wreck cutting in 9 sections
  • MV Diamond Ray in 2004 collided with a container vessel, requiring salvage tugs, no casualties
  • MV Hyundai No 105 in June 2004 collided with a tanker and sank close to Singapore Sentosa island, no casualties but crew required rescue
  • MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 in 2006 killing 1,020 people [3]
  • MV Queen of the North in 2006 killing 2 people
  • MV Cougar Ace in 2006 killing 1 person [4]
  • MV Repubblica di Genova in 2007 capsized, no casualties
  • MV Baltic Ace in 2012 killing 11 people
  • MV Jolly Nero in 2013 during unberthing collided with the Pilots' office tower, killing 9 people
  • MV Sewol in 2014 killing 304 people
  • SS El Faro in 2015, which happened during a hurricane, killing 33 people.[5]
  • MV Hoegh Osaka in 2015 ran aground, no casualties, rescue by towage necessary
  • MV Modern Express in 2016 severely listed, crew evacuated, no casualties, vessel required salvation by towage [6]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, D (22 January 2003). "Princess Victoria". Irish Sea Shipping: The Online Shipping Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sinking of the SS Heraklion". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/2725/annex-c-regulatory-ia.pdf
  4. ↑ "High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "After 6 days, Coast Guard ends search for survivors of El Faro sinking". 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ro/Ro Modern Express Successfully Taken in Tow". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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