http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sea_DisastersFind stories, videos, and photos about Sea Disasters from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:18:22 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sea_Disasters14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Sea Disasters from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/australia.boat.race/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/australia.boat.race/index.html#cnnSTCTextEighteen people were rescued -- but as many as 21 others were missing -- after a boat sank late Sunday in remote seas off Australia's Cocos Islands, according to Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officials.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/09/29/california.missing.jet.found/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/09/29/california.missing.jet.found/index.html#cnnSTCTextSearchers in California say they have found and identified the wreck of a fighter jet that disappeared into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles International Airport nearly 54 years ago.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/31/texas.coast.guard.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/31/texas.coast.guard.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey kept their bodies alive with rationed crackers, bubble gum, beer and three gallons of water. But spiritually, the three men lost at sea for eight days had something else to keep them going.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/30/texas.coast.guard.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/30/texas.coast.guard.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescued after spending eight days lost at sea, Tressel Hawkins was happy to be back in Texas.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/19/watch.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/19/watch.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCTextA glimpse of something shiny on the ocean floor nine years ago led a Welsh diver to uncover a piece of local history that had been forgotten for more than a century.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/wwii.battle/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/wwii.battle/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Australian cruiser met the disguised German vessel in the waters off western Australia two years after the two became enemies in World War II.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/australia.inquiry.sydney.disaster/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/australia.inquiry.sydney.disaster/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralia's navy Monday opened two weeks of hearings into the World War II sinking of the cruiser Sydney II, an effort to formally close the book on the country's worst naval disaster.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/21/ny.somali.pirate.arraigned/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/21/ny.somali.pirate.arraigned/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Somali suspect in the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama last month pleaded not guilty to 10 counts including piracy, hostage-taking, and firearms charges in U.S. District Court in New York on Thursday.Thu, 21 May 2009 21:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/20/ny.pirate.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/20/ny.pirate.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Somali suspect in the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama last month has been indicted on 10 counts including piracy, hostage-taking and firearms charges, officials said Tuesday.Wed, 20 May 2009 15:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/13/florida.boat.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/13/florida.boat.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 10 people were killed, and an unknown number remained missing Wednesday, after a boat authorities believe was used for human smuggling capsized off the coast of Florida.Thu, 14 May 2009 03:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/titanic.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/titanic.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe last living survivor of the Titanic earned only a small fraction of what auctioneers hoped to raise when she sold her final remaining mementos of the doomed ship to pay nursing home bills.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/16/titanic.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/16/titanic.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe last survivor of the Titanic, 97-year-old Millvina Dean, is auctioning off her remaining mementos of the doomed ship to pay nursing home bills.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/japan.missing.fishermen/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/japan.missing.fishermen/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwelve crew members were missing after a fishing boat capsized off southern Japan, the Japanese coast guard said Tuesday.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/nj.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/nj.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday night for four boaters who disappeared after a fishing boat sank off the New Jersey coast on Tuesday.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/24/nj.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/24/nj.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextA second person died Tuesday, hours after being rescued from a fishing boat that sank off the New Jersey coast, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/australia.oilslick/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/australia.oilslick/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian authorities have declared several coastal areas near Brisbane disaster zones after a massive oil spill earlier this week, according to the Queensland government.Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/09/egypt.cargo.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/09/egypt.cargo.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTextFourteen people were missing after a cargo ship sank Monday in Egyptian waters, Red Sea Gov. Majdi Al Qubaisi told Egyptian television.Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/florida.missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Coast Guard ended its search Tuesday for two professional football players and a third man lost at sea, leaving the families to cope with unknown fates of the men and to organize a private search.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/missing.boaters/index.html#cnnSTCTextBad weather, poor planning, a lack of safety equipment. Any one could put a boater in the kind of peril that befell two NFL players and their two friends off the coast of Florida last weekend, Coast Guard officials say.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/18/oil.tanker.pilot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/18/oil.tanker.pilot/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe pilot of a tanker that crashed into the San Francisco Bay Bridge in 2007, causing a major oil spill, was under the influence of multiple prescription medications that impaired his judgment, federal officials said in a report Wednesday.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTextNineteen Africans perished when their small boat sank just off the coast of Spain's Lanzarote Island, a Spanish government official told CNN on Monday.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/02/sunk.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/02/sunk.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTextDeep-sea explorers say they have solved "one of the greatest mysteries in naval history" with the discovery of what was "the world's mightiest and most technically advanced warship" when it sank in 1744.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/vietnam.ferry/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/vietnam.ferry/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 40 people died when a crowded river boat sank in central Vietnam Sunday -- on the eve of the Lunar New Year.Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/12/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/12/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of the pirates who held a Saudi oil supertanker off Somalia before releasing it for ransom has told CNN how five in his group drowned when the boat in which they left the ship capsized as they tried to evade rival pirates seeking a cut of the money.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/10/24/alaska.fishermen.email/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/10/24/alaska.fishermen.email/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo fishermen remain missing after a commercial fishing vessel went down in frigid, treacherous waters off the Aleutian Islands about 1,400 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:42:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847378,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847378,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe environmental damage of Hurricane Ike is only now becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of MexicoSun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/25/mississippi.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/25/mississippi.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe oil spill that closed the Mississippi River at New Orleans is costing the U.S. economy $275 million a day, the head of that city's port authority told CNN.Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/06/25/news/companies/SCOTUS_exxon/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/06/25/news/companies/SCOTUS_exxon/index.htmThe Supreme Court on Wednesday reduced a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against energy giant Exxon for its role in an infamous 1989 maritime oil spill off the coast of Alaska.Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:29:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1817840,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1817840,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 millionWed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/21/drowned.bride/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/21/drowned.bride/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Alabama man whose wife died during a honeymoon scuba diving trip off the coast of Australia almost five years ago has been charged in her death.Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:52:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake OntarioSat, 14 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/09/sailors.rescued/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/09/sailors.rescued/index.html#cnnSTCTextA college student who survived a boat sinking with four others said Monday that a safety officer who died on their boat was a hero for staying behind and pushing him out.Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:37:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738445,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738445,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA shipwreck and its precious cargo, which is at the center of a legal tussle between Spain and U.S. treasure hunters, has possibly been resolvedThu, 08 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/13/greece.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/13/greece.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek authorities rescued 278 passengers and 35 crew members Thursday after a cruise ship ran aground near the island of Poros, said Greece's Ministry of Merchant Marine.Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/vietnam.tanker/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/vietnam.tanker/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe threat of an oil spill remains high after a tanker, carrying 1,700 tons of oil, sank off the southern Vietnamese province of Binh Thuan, the Vietnamese News Agency reported on Thursday.Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/scotus.exxon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/scotus.exxon/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 20 years after one of the most infamous environmental disasters scarred Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Supreme Court stepped nearer Wednesday to perhaps providing a measure of closure for the seemingly endless litigation over the Exxon Valdez oil spill.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/philippines.china.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/philippines.china.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTextEmergency crews have rescued 26 Chinese crew members whose boat began taking on water off the northern Philippines Sunday night, the state-run Chinese news agency reported.Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:09:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1702616,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1702616,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe ongoing struggle between American shipwreck salvage company Odyssey Marine and the Spanish government has become a classic courtroom dramaFri, 11 Jan 2008 13:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/yemen.drownings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/yemen.drownings/index.html#cnnSTCTextAround 200 Africans migrants are feared dead after two boats they were traveling in sank off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:28:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1692983,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1692983,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast.Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/15/russia.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/15/russia.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTextResidue from a large oil spill in the Black Sea region will take more than a month and a half to completely clear, Russian officials said Thursday.Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:45:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/ship.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/ship.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCTextSixty-six passengers and crew were transferred to shore on Coast Guard vessels after their cruise ship was run aground off Virginia on Thursday, U.S. Coast Guard officials and the cruise ship company told CNN.Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/sea.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/sea.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe FBI is searching for the four-person crew of a Miami Beach charter boat as part of an investigation into what a bureau spokeswoman called "a possible crime on the seas."Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/19/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/19/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpanish air and sea rescue teams searched Thursday for dozens of illegal immigrants feared missing after a small boat sank off Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic, a Spanish official with the maritime rescue service told CNN.Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/11/greece.ship/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/11/greece.ship/index.htmlThe operator of a Greek cruise ship that sank off the Aegean island of Santorini, leaving two people missing, has said human error was to blame.Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/01/acre.shipwreck/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/01/acre.shipwreck/index.htmlA mysterious shipwreck, marked on a 200-year-old map and discovered outside the Mediterranean port of Acre, Israel, may throw light on Napoleon's attempt to conquer the Holy Land.Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/04/egypt.ship.roro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/04/egypt.ship.roro/index.htmlEgypt's transport minister has said a blaze aboard an Egyptian ferry set off a sequence of events that led it to sink Friday in the Red Sea, causing what officials fear may be around 1,000 deaths.Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/03/maritime.disasters/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/03/maritime.disasters/index.htmlRescuers are seeking survivors after an Egyptian ferry with about 1,400 people on board sank in the Red Sea.Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/03/boat.overturned/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/03/boat.overturned/index.htmlA tour boat that sank to the bottom of New York's Lake George Sunday, killing 20 elderly passengers, did not have enough crew on board, authorities said Monday.Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/17/ecuadoran.boat/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/17/ecuadoran.boat/index.htmlFishing vessels and cargo ships off Colombia were being alerted Wednesday to search for more than 100 people missing after their fishing boat sank, said the captain of Ecuador's port of Manta.Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/laperouse.wrecked/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/laperouse.wrecked/index.htmlOne of the great mysteries of early European exploration of the Pacific Ocean has been solved with the confirmed identification of a sea-floor wreck as that of French seafarer La Perouse.Tue, 10 May 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/03/01/8253812/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/03/01/8253812/index.htmWe're 50 miles off Florida's Atlantic coast, and things aren't going well. A deep-sea recovery device the size of a Hummer is floating in the water alongside its 250-foot-long mother ship, the Odys...Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:01:00 EST