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Space Missions[edit]

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New missions actions[edit]

Each new manned space launch requires a series of changes to be made to Wikipedia:

Update Mission page to past tense, with exact launch time, expected facts verified. For ISS missions, expedition page must also be updated.
Update List of human spaceflights, 2000-present, List of spaceflights (2006) (etc.) and List of human spaceflights chronologically.
Update List of human spaceflights by program.
Update each astronaut's biography.
Update Category:People currently in space by adding the category to bottom of the article on each astronaut on the mission and adding {{In space}} to the top.
Update spacecraft page: If a Space Shuttle flight, update missions section of shuttle's article and List of space shuttle missions; for a Soyuz flight, update Soyuz article and possibly Soyuz programme; for Shenzhou, update Shenzhou spacecraft; for private spaceflights, both spacecraft and company articles, for example, SpaceShipOne and Scaled Composites.
Update "Spaceflight News" section of Portal:Spaceflight, Portal:Current events and possibly, "In the News" section of Main Page.
If a flight to the ISS, update ISS Expeditions section of International Space Station (possibly expedition crew, always visitor count at bottom of that section), and List of manned spaceflights to the ISS or List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS, as appropriate, and, after docking, List of International Space Station visitors. Also update {{Manned ISS flight}}.
If a first-time astronaut is present, update total astronauts in lead of Astronaut article and check that he/she is on List of astronauts by name. Ensure biography includes correct Category:Astronauts by nationality.
If a astronaut is the first from his country, update Timeline of astronauts by nationality and number of countries in Astronaut article. Update national space agency and space program articles if existing.
In a few cases, Spaceflight records may need updating (most likely records - total time by country, total time top fifty space travelers, most spaceflights (currently total of 6 spaceflights by one person needed for list)) or Space disaster

Spacewalk actions[edit]

Update mission infobox
Update mission text (section labeled Spacewalks; new sub-section for each EVA)
Update List of spacewalks
If an ISS mission, update List of ISS spacewalks (almost, but not exactly the same format as List of spacewalks)
Update each spacewalkers' biography page. (Should at least have total number of walks mentioned.)
In a few cases, Spaceflight records may need updating or Space disaster (current records are 16 spacewalks for one person, and total spacewalk time of 77 hours, 41 minutes)

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Natural disasters[edit]

Historical antiquity disasters[edit]

By chronological order of oldest to most recent --

2345 BC climatic collapse, (based upon tree ring analysis) caused the drying out of the Sahara, with the Nile, during the reign of Unas, being reduced to a series of waterholes. The collapse of the Akkadian Empire has been linked with the Taurid meteor shower, and the break-up of the Encke comet.
Thera volcanic eruption of 1650-1628 BC -1450 BC caused tsunamis in the Aegean sea, destroyed Minoan fleet, leaving Crete open to mainland invaders; possibly the basis for the legend of the mythical Atlantis. Kevin Pang has suggested that this event might relate in some way to the start of the Chinese Shang dynasty.
The 1159 BCE Hekla event is of particular interest as it has contributed to debates on the Hekla 4 volcanic eruption in Iceland, and may be associated with the Late Bronze Age Collapse, and the end of the Shang Dynasty in China. The Egyptian New Kingdom traditionally spans the approximate range 1570 to 1080 BC. The 1159 BCE event was abrupt, as one would be expected with volcanoes, but it appears to have been promoted a pre-existing downturn in Egypt's domestic situation.
Rhodes earthquake of 226 BC destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes
Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy, 79 AD buried Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae.
Climatic disaster of 535 CE, might have been triggered by an Indonesian volcanic eruption; grassland failures spurred migrations of Avars and others; plagues, conjectured collapse of Late Antiquity (David Keys' theory, in Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World, 2000. See climate changes of 535-536.
Plague of Justinian may have killed up to 50%-60% of the total European population between 541 and 700. The economic and demographic devastation caused by plague permanently weakened both the Byzantine Empire and Persia. That weakness, in turn, paved the way for the Muslim conquests and Slavic colonization of the Balkans.

Medieval disasters[edit]

November, 856, Earthquake strikes Corinth, Greece, 45,000 people are killed.
December 22, 856 strong earthquake devastates Iran, 200,000 deaths.
934 Eldgjá eruption of the Laki volcano system on Iceland released 19.6 km³ (4.7 mi³) of flood basalt, one of the larger volcanic eruptions on earth in historical times.
North Holland flood of 1212, 60,000 victims.
St. Lucia's flood in Netherlands (December 14,1287), death toll 50,000-80,000.
Alexandria earthquakes of 1303 and 1323 which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 in Europe killed between 10%–25% of the population of many cities and towns.
The Black Death killed up to 2/3 of the people in Europe between 1347 and 1351. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people; there were an estimated 20 million deaths in Europe alone.
Grote Mandrenke (January 1362) Storm tide in Northwestern Europe claims 25,000+ victims.

Renaissance and Enlightenment disasters[edit]

Shaanxi Earthquake (January 23,1556) deadliest Earthquake on Record, 830,000 deaths.
Spanish Armada in Ireland (September, 1588) 5,000 dead in heavy storms
Burchardi flood of 1634, 8,000 Frisians drowned.
Great Plague of Seville 1647-1652, 500,000 dead in Spain
Great Plague of London 1665-1666, 75,000-100,000 dead in England
Great Fire of London (September, 1666) 70,000 homeless, unknown deaths
1667 Shamakhi earthquake (November 25) 80,000 deaths
Great Storm of 1703 (November 24 - December 2) 8,000 died.
Great Irish Famine (1740-1741). Approximately 10% of the population died.
1755 Lisbon earthquake (November 1, 1755) 100,000 deaths
Great Hurricane of 1780 (October 10 - October 16, 1780)
1783-1784 Laki eruption (Icelandic volcano) - Several years of extreme weather throughout Europe. The famine that ensued is one of the main causes of the French revolution.
Móðuharðindin 1783 - 1785. Literally The Mist Hardships. 10,000 dead from Volcanic eruption in Iceland and subsequent famine.

19th century disasters[edit]

New Madrid Earthquake (1811-12)
Volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia (10 April, 1815), resulting to climate abnormalities in 1816, known as the "Year Without a Summer".
1839 (Cyclone) in India (November 25) 300,000 deaths.
1840 (May 7) Great Natchez Tornado more than 317 deaths.
1845-1849 Great Irish Famine. Over 900,000 deaths. Ireland's population then declined rapidly until the 1970s.
Finnish famine of 1866-1868. About 15% of the entire population died; in the hardest-hit areas up to 20%.
1871 Great Chicago Fire. Destroyed about 50% of the city.
1876 Bakarganj Cyclone in India (October 31) 215,000 dead.
Krakatoa, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, (August 26, 1883)
1883 Victoria Hall Disaster. 183 children crushed to death in Sunderland.
Tay Rail Bridge disaster, c.75 dead; the event has been immortalized by William Topaz McGonagall (see The Tay Bridge Disaster).
1887 Yellow River flood, death toll 900,000-2,000,000.
Udston mining disaster, in Hamilton, Scotland on 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died.
1888 Rio de la Plata Earthquake (Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay), (June 05) >no deaths reported.
1889 Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, PA), (May 31) >2,200 deaths.
St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado, (May 27, 1896)
Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Galveston, Texas (September 8, 1900) death toll 6000-12000

20th century disasters[edit]

1902 Mont Pelée Eruption, Martinique, Caribbean (May 2, 1902) 26,000 casualties.
1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco, California (April 18, 1906) 478 reported deaths but 3000 more likely
1908 Messina, Italy earthquake (December 28, 1908) over 100,000 dead
1909, epidemic in China, 1,500,000 killed.
1912, April 14, sinking of RMS Titanic, 1,522 perished
Great Lakes Storm of 1913, Great Lakes Basin (November, 1913) 250 dead
1913, October 14 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster in Wales 436 dead (Britain's worst coal mining disaster)
1914 Hillcrest mine disaster, 189 dead.
1917 Mattoon, Illinois tornado destroys town, kills 101. (May 26)
1917-1918 Spanish Flu about 30,000,000 dead^[1] on 2 billion humans.
Russian famine of 1921.
Great Kantō earthquake, Tokyo, Japan (September 1 1923) 105,385 lost lives
Tri-State Tornado, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana (March 18, 1925) 727 confirmed dead
1926 Thanksgiving Tornado Outbreak in Arkansas and Central U.S., 104 deaths. (November 25)
1928 Drought in China, 3,000,000 dead.
1928 Collapse of the St. Francis Dam, estimated 400 to 500 lives lost {306+ known dead}
1931 Huang He floods, China (August 1931) estimates between 850,000 and 4,000,000 are confirmed dead. This flood is the worst in Chinese history.
1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand, (February 3, 1931) 256 Dead
Quetta earthquake 1935 (then in India, now in Pakistan) killed 35,000.
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Southeastern United States (August to September 1935) 423 people killed
1950 Blizzard kills 323 in the Eastern U.S. (November 25)
North Sea Flood of 1953, United Kingdom and The Netherlands (January 31-February 1, 1953) > 2,200 killed
1959 Huang He floods, China, 2,000,000 killed.
Escuminac Disaster, Escuminac, New Brunswick, Canada (June 20, 1959) 95 dead
1960 Agadir earthquake-, February 29 1960.
Great Chilean Earthquake, May 21 and 22, 1960. 3000 deaths estimated.
North Sea Flood of 1962, Germany
Vajont Dam Landslide/Tsunami Disaster, Italy, October 9 1963. close to 2000 perished
Good Friday Earthquake and related tsunamis, Alaska, United States, March 27, 1964. 131 deaths
Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965, Midwest, United States (April 11, 1965) 271 died
Aberfan Disaster, Wales, 1966 October 21 144 killed (116 of them school children mostly aged 7-10) when an unstable coal tip slid down a mountainside in the village of Aberfan and engulfed a school and several houses
Hurricane Camille, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia, United States (August, 1969) 256 deaths
Ancash earthquake and landslide in north central Peru May 31, 1970 47,194–66,000 dead
Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), November 13, 1970, 500,000 dead, 100,000 missing
Super Outbreak, tornadoes in 13 U.S. states (April 3, 1974) 315–330 dead
Tropical Cyclone Tracy, Darwin, Australia on Christmas Eve, 1974. 65–71
Tangshan earthquake, China (July 26 1976) 242,419 dead
Mount St. Helens, volcanic eruption May 18 1980, killed 57
USA Heat Wave of 1980, (June to September 1980) between 1250 and 10,000
Hurricane Allen, Greater Antilles, Texas, United States (August 1980) 250-260 dead
1983 Tsunami strikes Japan, 104 confirmed deaths, hundreds missing. (May 26)
Mexico City earthquake, Mexico (September 19 1985) between 5000 and 20,000
Nevado del Ruiz volcanic eruption, Armero, Colombia (November, 1985) 23,000-25,000 died.
Lake Nyos limnic eruption, 1,800 died, August 21, 1986.
1987 Supertyphoon Nina slams the Philippines, 1036 deaths. (November 25)
Hurricane Gilbert, Jamaica, Central America, Mexico (September, 1988) 318 dead
Loma Prieta earthquake (October 17, 1989, San Francisco) 63 dead
Spitak Earthquake, Spitak, Armenia (December 7, 1988) 55,000 lives lost
Luzon Earthquake, Philippines (July 16, 1990) 1,621 died
1991 Bangladesh cyclone, Bangladesh (April 29, 1991) 138,000 died
Mount Pinatubo, volcanic eruption, Luzon, Philippines (June 15, 1991) 300 killed
Hurricane Andrew, Florida, Louisiana, United States (August, 1992) 26 dead
Paez river disaster, Cauca and Huila provinces, Colombia (June 6, 1994) over 1,100 people were killed in an earthquake and mudslide disaster in the Paez river basin.
The car ferry M/S Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.
Kobe Earthquake, Kobe, Hyōgo (January 17, 1995) 6,433 lost lives
Chicago Heat Wave of 1995, Chicago, Illinois 739 dead
1996, May 13, Tornado in India kills over 600, hundreds more missing.
1996, November 6, Cyclone bashes Andhra Pradesh, India, kills more than 2000 people.
November 25, 1996 Ice storm kills 26, hundreds injured in the Central United States.
Hurricane Mitch, Central America (October to November, 1998) 18,000 people killed
Galtur Avalanche, Galtür, Austria (February 23, 1999) 31 killed
1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake, Kocaeli, Turkey (August 17, 1999) 17,000 dead
Chi-Chi earthquake, Nantou, Taiwan (September 21, 1999) 2,415 dead or missing
Tropical Cyclone 05B (1999), killed around 10,000 people in the Orissa state of India
Vargas State Mudslides, Venezuela (December 1999) 10,000 to 50,000 dead or missing

21st century disasters[edit]

Date	Location	Event	Death Toll estimate
January 26, 2001	Bhuj, India	2001 Gujarat earthquake	30,000
Summer 2003	Europe	European Heat Wave of 2003	35,000
December 26, 2003	Iran	Bam Earthquake	41,000
September, 2004	Southeastern United States	Hurricane Ivan	92
September, 2004	Greater Antilles	Hurricane Jeanne	3,035
December 26, 2004	Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami	229,866
March 28, 2005	Indonesia	2005 Sumatra earthquake	1,300
July 2005	Maharashtra	2005 Maharashtra floods	406
August 2005	United States	Hurricane Katrina	1,836
October, 2005	Mexico, Central America, Guatemala	Hurricane Stan	80
October 8, 2005	Kashmir, Pakistan	2005 Kashmir earthquake	74,500
October 2005	Caribbean Sea, Mexico, United States	Hurricane Wilma	23
17 February 2006	Philippines	2006 Southern Leyte mudslide	200
May 27, 2006	Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia	May 2006 Java earthquake	5,782
July 17, 2006	Java, Indonesia	July 2006 Java earthquake	550
August, 2006	Zhejiang, China	Typhoon Saomai (2006)	458
end November 2006	Philippines,Vietnam	2006 Typhoon Durian	800
December 26 2006	Hengchun	2006 Hengchun earthquake	2
April 2, 2007	Gizo, Solomon Islands	2007 Solomon Islands earthquake	52
August 15 2007	Peru	2007 Peru earthquake	514
August, 2007	Greece	2007 Greek Fires	>77

Man-made disasters[edit]

Air disasters[edit]

This is a list of disasters involving objects in flight or near-flight. From 1990 onward, the list is exhaustive, including all air disasters killing 20 or more people.

1910s[edit]

Helgoland Island Air Disaster (September 9, 1913) 14 killed; Zeppelin L-1 airship
Johannisthal Air Disaster (October 17, 1913) 28 killed; Zeppelin L-2 airship

1920s[edit]

Hull ZR2 Air Disaster (August 24, 1921) 44 killed, including one on the ground; Royal Airship Works R38/ZR-2 airship
French Zeppelin Dixmunde airship (December 23, 1923) 52 killed

1930s[edit]

R101 Air Disaster (October 5, 1930) 48 killed; Royal Airship Works R-101
USS Akron (April 4, 1933) 73 killed; Goodyear-Zeppelin airship ZRS-4
Tupolev ANT-20 (a.k.a. Maxim Gorky) (May 18, 1935) 45 killed, including two on ground
Hindenburg disaster (May 6, 1937) 36 killed, including one ground crew; Zeppelin LZ 129

1940s[edit]

Lovettsville Air Disaster (August 31, 1940) 25 killed; Douglas DC-3
Colombia Avianca Douglas DC-4 air disaster (February 15, 1947) 53 killed
U.S. United Air Lines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (May 29, 1947) 43 killed
Japan U.S. Air Force Douglas DC-4 air disaster (May 29, 1947) 40 killed
U.S. Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (May 30, 1947) 53 killed
U.S. Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (June 13, 1947) 50 killed
Spain Societé aérienne du littoral Bristol 170 air disaster (October 16, 1947) 41 killed
U.S. United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 air disaster (October 24, 1947) 52 killed
Greece AB Aerotransport Douglas DC-4 air disaster (October 26, 1947) 44 killed
U.S. United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 air disaster (June 17, 1948) 43 killed
Atlantic Ocean Air France Latécoere 631 air disaster (August 1, 1948) 52 killed
United Kingdom KLM Lockheed L-049 air disaster (October 20, 1948) 40 killed
Superga air disaster (May 4, 1949) 31 killed, including 18 members of the Torino football team
Puerto Rico Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46 air disaster (June 7, 1949) 53 killed
India KLM Lockheed L-749 air disaster (July 12, 1949) 45 killed
Portugal Air France Lockheed L-749 air disaster (October 28, 1949) 48 killed
U.S. Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4 air disaster (November 1, 1949) 55 killed

1950s[edit]

BOAC Flight 781 (January 10, 1954) 35 killed
South African Airways Flight 201 (April 8, 1954) 21 killed
British European Airways Flight 609 (February 6, 1958) 24 killed, including eight members of the Manchester United football team
Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport with 20 fatalities
United Airlines Flight 629 (November 1, 1955) blown up over Longmont, CO resulting in 44 fatalities.

1960s[edit]

16 December 1960, United Air Lines Flight 826 DC8 and TWA Flight 266 Lockheed Constellation, New York, NY: The two aircraft collided over New York with the Constellation crashing in Staten Island and the DC8 crashing in Brooklyn. All seven crew members and 76 passengers on the DC8 were killed. All 50 occupants of the Constellation were also killed.
Sabena Flight 548 (February 15, 1961) 72 killed; crashed on landing approach to Brussels, Belgium. On board were the entire United States Figure Skating team and several family members who were en route to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Stockport Air Disaster (June 4, 1967) 72 killed; a British Midland C4 Argonaut carrying passengers returning from Palma de Mallorca crashed in Stockport on the approach to Ringway Airport when its engines lost power
Irish national airline Aer Lingus Flight 712 (March 24, 1968) 61 killed; a Vickers Viscount 803 en route from Cork to London crashed in mysterious circumstances into the sea off the Tuskar Rock lighthouse, County Wexford
Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 crashes after a valve is installed backwards, killing all 34 on-board.
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 flies into a mountain, killing 35.

Paisley canal disaster capsized pleasure boat (November 10, 1810) — 84 deaths, including 70 children
Lexington fire (January 13, 1840) — 139 deaths
RMS Tayleur sinking (January 21, 1854) — 380 deaths
Arctic sinking (September 20, 1854) — 320 passenger deaths [1]
SS Austria fire (13 September 1856) 449 deaths
Central America sinking (September 11, 1857) — about 425 deaths
Lady Elgin sinking (September 7, 1860) — about 400 deaths
Ruth {August 4,1863 {Sternwheel Packet}— ? lost
Eclipse {January 27, 1865 {Sternwheel packet} — 27 killed & 78 injured {See [2]}
General Lyon {March 31, 1865} — {transport} about 566 lost
Sultana explosion (April 27, 1865) — about 1,700 deaths
Pacific sinking (around January 22, 1856) — All on board were lost [3]
RMS Atlantic sinking (April 1, 1873) — 546 deaths
Deutschland grounding (December 6, 1875) — 157 deaths
Cabo Machichaco explosion (November 3 1893) — 500 deaths.
USS Maine explosion (February 15, 1898) — 266 deaths (260 killed directly, 6 as a result of injuries afterwards)
General Slocum fire (June 15, 1904) — 1,021 deaths
SS Norge sinking, Rockall June 28, 1904 — 635 deaths
SS Berlin, foundering, Hook of Holland February 21, 1907 — 129 deaths
SS Imperatrix sinking, Elaphonissi, west Crete, February 22, 1907 — 40 deaths
SS Yongala sinking, March 23, 1911 — 124 deaths
RMS Titanic sinking (April 15, 1912) — 1,496–1,523 deaths
Empress of Ireland sinking (May 30, 1914) — 1,012 deaths
HMS Bulwark internal explosion (November 26, 1914) — 738 deaths
RMS Lusitania sinking (May 7, 1915) — 1,195–1,198 deaths
Eastland sinking (July 24,1915) — 845 deaths
SS Persia sinking (December 30, 1915) — 334 deaths
SS Connemara Sea Disaster aka Carlingford Lough Disaster (November 16, 1916); 97 deaths
HMHS Britannic sinking (November 21, 1916) — 30 deaths, 1,036 saved
SS Mendi, troopship struck by SS Darro, off Isle of Wight, February 21 1917 — 646 deaths
HMS Vanguard internal explosion (July 9, 1917) — 677 deaths
Mont-Blanc collision causing Halifax Explosion (December 6, 1917) — about 2,000 deaths
RMS Leinster, torpedoed October 10 1918 in the Irish Sea — 501 lives
Princess Sophia, sinking October 25 1918 near Juneau Alaska all hands lost, 353 passengers and crew
Iolaire sinking (January 1, 1919) — at least 205 deaths
Valbanera sinking (September 9, 1919) — 488 deaths
SS Morro Castle fire (September 8, 1934) — 137 deaths
Arandora Star sunk by German U-Boat U-47 {June 2, 1940; 740 lost; 868 survived Uboatwaffe
HMT Lancastria sinking (June 17, 1940) — 2,000 – 5,000 deaths
Armenia, sunk by Germans in November 1941, estimated over 5,000 deaths
Lady Hawkins sunk by German U-boat U-66 (January 19, 1942) — 251 lost; 71 survived Uboatwaffe
RMS Laconia (1921) sunk by German U-boat U-156, some survivors bombed by US bombers (September 12, 1942) — ca. 940 deaths; ca. 1,500 saved Uboatwaffe
SS Caribou sunk by German U-boat U-69 (October, 1942) — 135 deaths
HMT Rohna sunk by German Heinkel 177 bomber Henschel Hs 293 (November 26, 1943) — 1138 deaths
AHS Centaur sunk by Japanese submarine I-177 (14 May, 1943) — 268 deaths
Tango Maru sinking (February 25, 1944) — about 3,000 deaths
Ryusei Maru sinking (June 29, 1944) — 4,998 deaths
Toyama Maru sinking (June 29, 1944) — about 5,600 deaths
Kōshū Maru sinking (August 3, 1944) — about 1,540 deaths
Junyō Maru sinking (September 18, 1944) — about 5,620 deaths
Rigel sunk by British bombers, Norway, November 27, 1944 — 2,465–2,571 deaths
KdF Wilhelm Gustloff sinking (January 30, 1945) — about 5,400–9,300 deaths (believed to be worst ship disaster ever)
SS General von Steuben sinking (February 9, 1945) — about 4,000–4,500 deaths
Goya sinking (April 16, 1945) — more than 6,050 deaths
Cap Arcona sinking (May 3, 1945) — about 7,000 to 8,000 deaths together with Thielbek
Thielbek sinking (May 3, 1945); about 2,750 deaths
SS Noronic fire (September 17, 1949) — 118 to 139 deaths
Jiangya Lun sinking by water minezh:江亚轮(December 3,1948) more than 3,000
Princess Victoria sinking (January 31, 1953) — 132 deaths
Toya Maru sinking (September 26, 1954) — 1,155 deaths
Novorossiysk sinking (29 October 1955) — 608 deaths
SS Andrea Doria sinking (July 26, 1956) — about 45 deaths
TSMS Lakonia fire (December 22, 1963) — 128 deaths
SS Heraklion sinking (December 7, 1966) — 230+ deaths
SS Yarmouth Castle fire (November 13, 1965) — 90 deaths
M/S Christena sinking (August 1,1970) — between St. Kitts and Nevis — 227 deaths
TEV Wahine Capsized (April 10,1968) — 52 deaths
STV Royston Grange collision and fire (11 May 1972) — 82 deaths
SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking (November 10, 1975) — 29 deaths
Betelgeuse explosion in Bantry Bay (January 8 1979) — 51 deaths
Admiral Nakhimov sinking (August 31, 1986) — 398 deaths
Herald of Free Enterprise (March 6, 1987) — 193 deaths
MV Doña Paz sinking (December 21, 1987) — officially, 1,565 deaths
M/S Scandinavian Star fire (April 7, 1990) — 159 deaths
Moby Prince fire in Livorno harbour (April 10, 1991) — 140 deaths
M/S Estonia sinking (September 28,1994) — 852 deaths
MV Cebu City sunk (December 2, 1994) — 140 deaths
MV Bukoba sinking in Lake Victoria (May 21, 1996) — about 1,000 deaths
MS Ecstasy fire (July 20, 1998) — 14 crewmembers and 6 passengers injured.
Kursk sinking (August 12,2000) — 118 deaths
Express_Samina sinking (September 26,2000) — 80 deaths
MV Joola sinking (September 26, 2002) — about 1,800 deaths
Andrew J. Barberi Staten Island Ferry accident in New York City (October 15, 2003) — 11 deaths
SuperFerry 14 caught fire and partially sunk (February 27, 2004) — 116 deaths
Al Salam Boccaccio 98 (February 2, 2006) — 1,018 deaths
Queen of the North BC Ferries sank off the coast of British Columbia (March 22,2006) after going off course and striking rocks. — 2 dead.
al-Dana tour-boat capsize, Bahrain (March 30, 2006) — 58 deaths
Djibouti ferry accident (April 6, 2006) — 113 deaths
Levina 1 fire (February 22, 2007) - 45 deaths
Levina 1 sinking (February 25, 2007) - 4 deaths
Sydney Harbour Bridge Ferry Disaster March 28, 2007.
M/S Sea Diamond April 6, 2007 - 2 missing (as of May 11, 2007)

Road disasters[edit]

A dynamite truck blew up in Thailand, 150+ killed (February 15, 1945)
7 ammunition trucks explode in Colombia, 1,200 killed (August 7, 1956)
Two trucks collided in Togo, 125+ killed (December 6, 1965)
Two charter buses push into the Hida river on national highway route 41 in Gero, Japan, in an accident caused by heavy rain. 104 killed. (August 18, 1968)
A bus drove into an irrigation canal in Egypt, 127 killed (August 9, 1973)
A suspension bridge collapsed in Nepal, 148 killed (November 23, 1974)
A gasoline tanker exploded in Spain, 120+ killed (July 11,1978)
Salang tunnel fire - a gasoline tanker exploded in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, 2,000+ killed (November 3, 1982)
Carrollton, Kentucky bus disaster – drunk driver hit a church bus; 27 killed in the ensuing fire (May 14, 1988)
A bus hit a bridge in Kenya, 106 killed (December 1992)
An explosion created a hole, into which 100 cars fell South Korea, 110 killed (April 28, 1995)
A gasoline tanker hit cars and exploded in Nigeria, 150+ killed (November 4 2000)
Hintze Ribeiro disaster - a bridge collapsed in Northern Portugal as a bus was crossing it, 70+ killed (March 4 2001).
A bus collided with a gasoline truck and exploded in India, 30+ killed (December 28 2005)
The Big Dig Tunnel ceiling collapse in Boston, 1 killed (July 10 2006)
Interstate bridge 35W collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota leaving 13 dead, 100 injured on August 1st, 2007

Nuclear disasters[edit]

Mayak, the other major Soviet nuclear accident (September 29 1957)
Windscale, United Kingdom (October 7 1957)
Three Mile Island, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (March 28 1979)
Chernobyl nuclear power-plant disaster, Chernobyl, Ukraine (April 26, 1986)

War disasters[edit]

An attack with much collateral damage may be considered a disaster, such as the attack on KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff, 1945, the worst or perhaps second worst maritime incident in history (after Cap Arcona in two vessels), in terms of loss of life in a single vessel (see also note at the end of the article RMS Titanic).

Bombing of Chongqing in World War II (February 18-August 23 1943,)
Rape of Nanjing
Bombing of Dresden in World War II (February 13-15, 1945)
Bombing of Tokyo in World War II (February 23, March 9 and May 26 1945)
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and August 9 1945, respectively), which killed over 214,000

Dam/dike/levee disasters[edit]

Sint-Elisabethsvloed (1421), Holland (November 18-November 19, 1421)
Sea dike breach of November 1, 1530, which flooded part of Holland and killed 400,000.
Great Sheffield flood, Sheffield, England (March 11, 1864) {270 dead}
Johnstown flood, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (May 31, 1889) {2,209 dead}
Gleno's Dam, Valle di Scalve, Italy, December 1, 1923, at least 200 dead
St. Francis Dam disaster, Los Angeles, California (March 12, 1928) {306+ known dead}
North Sea Flood of 1953, United Kingdom and The Netherlands (January 31-February 1, 1953)
Vajont Dam disaster, Longarone, Italy (October 9, 1963), 1,909 dead.
Buffalo Creek Dam disaster, Logan County, West Virginia, United States, 125 killed (February 26, 1972)
Banqiao Dam disaster, Henan Province, China (August 8 1975),26,000 and 145,000 dead
Teton Dam failure, Idaho, United States, June 5 1976, 14 dead
Failure of levee at New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Environmental disasters[edit]

Torrey Canyon oil spill in the English Channel (March 18, 1967)
Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York (1970s)
Buffalo Creek Disaster, West Virginia, USA, 1972
Seveso disaster, Italy, 1976
Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, USSR (April 2, 1979) 64 killed, potential catastrophe
Bhopal Disaster, Bhopal, India (December 3, 1984), the world's worst industrial accident 15,000 killed
Exxon Valdez oil spill, Prince William Sound (March 24, 1989)
Prestige oil spill, off the Spanish coast, (November 13, 2002)

Mining disasters[edit]

Felling mine disaster, Northumberland, England, 1812 95 killed
Hartley Colliery Disaster, Northumberland, England, (Jan 16 1862) 204 killed
The Oaks explosion, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, (Dec 12 1866) 388 killed
Yellow Jacket, Kentuck and Crown Point Mine Fire, Gold Hill, Nevada, United States (Sep 20 1873)
Clifton Hall Colliery, Clifton, Greater Manchester, England (June 18, 1885) 178 killed
1887 Nanaimo Mine Explosion, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, (May 3, 1887) 150 killed
Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, (February 21, 1891) 125 killed
Brunner, New Zealand, (March, 1896) 67 killed
Scofield mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, United States, (May 1, 1900) 200 killed
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States (1902) 112 killed [4]
Fraterville Mine disaster, Tennessee, United States, (May 19, 1902) 216 killed
El Hondo Coal Mine, Coahuila, Mexico, (January 31, 1902) 135 killed
Hanna, Wyoming, United States, Union Pacific Coal Company, Mine No. 1. (June 30, 1903) 234 killed
Cheswick, Pennsylvania, United States (January 25, 1904) 179 killed [5]
Courrières mine disaster, Courrière, France, (March 10, 1906) 1099 killed
Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, United States (December 19, 1907) 239 killed [6]
Monongah Mine disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, United States, (December 6,1907) 362 killed (Worst mine disaster in the U.S.)
Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, (February 27, 1908), 200 killed in the #2 Shaft, Mexico's worst coal mine disaster.
Palaú Coal Mine, Coahuila, Mexico (September 30, 1908) 100 killed
Burns Pit disaster, Stanley, County Durham, England, (February 16, 1909) 160+ killed
Cherry Mine Disaster Cherry, Illinois, United States, (November 13, 1909) 259 killed
Dawson, New Mexico, United States, (October 22, 1913) 263 killed
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Cardiff, Wales, England (October 14, 1913), 439 killed, worst mining disaster in British history
Speculator Mine Disaster, Butte, Montana, United States, (June 8, 1917), 168 killed, worst US hard rock mine disaster
Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada, (June 19, 1914) 189 killed, Canada's worst mine disaster
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States (June 5,1919) 92 killed [7]
Castle Gate mine disaster, Castle Gate, Utah, United States, (March 8, 1924) 172 killed
Barnes-Hecker mine disaster, Negaunee, Michigan, United States, (November 3, 1926) 51 killed [8]
Millfield Mine disaster, Millfield, Ohio, (November 5, 1930) 82 killed
Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, United States, December 24, 1932 54 killed
Gresford Disaster, Gresford, Wrexham, Wales (September 1934) 266 killed
Red Jacket Coal Company, Keen Mountain, Virginia, (April 22, 1938) 54 killed
Pocahontas Coal Company Pond Creek No. 1 mine explosion, Bartley, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States, (January 10, 1940) 91 killed
Smoke tragedy, El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile, (June 19, 1945) 355 killed
Centralia, Illinois, (March 25, 1947) 111 killed
West Frankfort, Illinois, 119 killed (December 21, 1951)
Marcinelle, Belgium, (August 8, 1956) 262 killed
Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, (November 1, 1956) 39 killed
Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, (October 23, 1958) 74 killed
Knox Mine disaster, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1959. 12 killed and the flooding of the mines effectively wiped out anthracite mining in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area.
Luisenthal Mine disaster (near Völklingen), Germany (February 7, 1962), 299 killed
Lengede Mine disaster, Germany (October 24, 1963), 29 killed, 11 men rescued two weeks later ("Das Wunder von Lengede" - The Lengede Miracle)
Aberfan disaster, Wales, 1966, 144 killed.
Mannington Mine disaster (sometimes referred to as the Farmington Mine disaster), Mannington, West Virginia, United States, (November 20, 1968), 21 men survived, 78 died.
Mina de Barroterán Coal Mine disaster, Coahuila, Mexico, (March 31, 1969), 176 died. Mexico's second worst coal mine disaster.
Finley Coal Co., nos. 15 and 16 mine explosions, Leslie County, Hyden, Kentucky, United States, December 30, 1970, 38 killed
Buffalo Creek flood, Logan County, West Virginia, United States, (February 26, 1972) 125 killed
Consolidation Coal Co. Blacksville No. 1 mine fire, Monongalia County, Blacksville, West Virginia, United States, July 22, 1972, 9 killed
Sunshine Mine disaster, Kellogg, Idaho, United States, (May 1972) 91 killed
Itmann No. 3 Mine explosion, Itmann Coal Co., Wyoming County, Itmann, West Virginia, United States, December 16, 1972, 5 killed
Scotia Mine explosion, Blue Diamond Coal Co., Letcher County, Oven Fork, Kentucky, United States, March 9, 1976, 26 killed
Porter Tunnel flood, Kocher Coal Co., Schuykill County, Tower City, Pennsylvania, United States, March 1, 1977, 9 killed
Moss No.3 Portal A suffocation, Clinchfield Coal Co., Dickenson County, Duty, Virginia, United States, April 4, 1978, 5 killed
Ferrell No. 17 explosion, Westmorland Coal Co., Boone County, Uneeda, West Virginia, United States, November 7, 1980, 5 killed
Dutch Creek No. 1 explosion, Mid-Continent Resources, Inc., Pitkin County, Redstone, Colorado, March 15, 1981, 15 killed
No. 11 Mine explosion, Adkins Coal Co., Knott County, Kite, Kentucky, United States, December 7, 1981, 8 killed
No. 21 Mine explosion, Grundy Mining Co., Marion County, Whitwell, Tennessee, United States, December 8, 1981, 13 killed
No. 1 Mine explosion, RFH Coal Co., Floyd County, Craynor, Kentucky, United States, January 20, 1982, 7 killed
McClure No. 1 Mine explosion, Clinchfield Coal Co., Dickenson County, McClure, Virginia, United States, June 6, 1983, 7 killed
Wilberg Mine fire, Emery Mining Corp., Emery County, Orangeville, Utah, United States, December 19, 1984, 27 killed
Loveridge No. 22 suffocation, Consolidation Coal Co., Marion County, Fairview, West Virginia, United States, February 2, 1986, 5 killed
William Station No. 9 Mine explosion, Pyro Mining Co., Union County, Wheatcroft, Kentucky, United States, September 13, 1989, 10 killed
Westray Mine disaster, Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (May 9, 1992) 26 killed.
No. 3 Mine explosion, Southmoutain Coal Co., Wise County, Norton, Virginia, United States, December 7, 1992, 8 killed
Baia Mare Cyanide spill [9], Romania, January 30, 2000.
No. 5 Mine explosion, Jim Walter Resources, Inc., Tuscaloosa County, Brookwood, Alabama, United States, September 23, 2001, 13 killed
Río Turbio coal mine, Río Turbio, Santa Cruz, Argentina (June 14, 2004), 14 killed.
Liaoning mine disaster, Fuxin, People's Republic of China (February 14, 2005), 210 reported killed.
Sago Mine disaster in Tallmansville, West Virginia, United States, (January 2, 2006) 13 miners trapped for nearly two days, only one survivor Randall McCloy
Pasta de Conchos Coal Mine, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, México, (February 19, 2006) Huge gas concentration leads to an explosion caused cracks and collapsing of the structure of the mining tunnels, therefore 65 miners were trapped more than 1 mile below the ground level, after more than 100 hours of rescue attempts they found no survivors.
Beaconsfield mine collapse, Tasmania, Australia. (April 25, 2006) Miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are trapped nearly 1 mile below ground after overhanging rocks collapse on their cage. After 2 weeks of attempts, rescuers break free the rock and Russell and Webb emerge alive and able bodied. 1 killed.
Darby Mine No. 1 explosion, Kentucky Darby LLC, Harlan County, Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States, May 20, 2006, 5 killed
Halemba Mine disaster in Ruda Śląska, Poland (November 21 2006) explosion of methane, 23 killed.
Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, Novokuznetsk, Russia (March 19, 2007) explosion of methane, 110 killed.
Crandall Canyon Mine collapse, Emery County, Utah (August 6, 2007) collapse of mine trapping 6 miners. A second collapse occurred on August 16 during rescue efforts, injuring 6 rescue workers and killing 3 others.

Industrial disasters[edit]

Bhopal Disaster, India. Chemicals leaked from a Union Carbide plant killed almost 3,000 initially, and at least 15,000 later from related illnesses.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, USA (March 25, 1911), 146 killed.
Manila Film Center scaffolding collapse in Manila, Philippines, (November 17, 1981), up to 169 killed (disputed).
Bastian Plating Company chemical asphyxiation accident in Auburn, Indiana, USA (June 28, 1988), 5 killed.
Imperial Foods chicken plant fire, in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA (September 3, 1991), 25 killed.

Explosion disasters[edit]

Mobile magazine explosion, Mobile, Alabama, USA (May 25, 1865) about 300 killed
Black Tom explosion, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (July 30, 1916) 5 to 7 killed & hundreds injured
Kingsland Explosion, Kingsland, NJ now Lyndhurst, NJ, USA January 11, 1917 Sabotage of munitions factory. No fatalities.
T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion, Sayreville, New Jersey, USA October 4, 1918. An apparently accidental explosion at an ammunition plant, over 100 dead and hundreds more injured though complete casualty numbers will never be known.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada (December 6, 1917) 1,950 to 2,000 killed
Split Rock Dynamite Factory Explosion, Camillus, New York, USA (July 3, 1918) 50 killed
Oppau explosion, Oppau, Germany (September 21, 1921), about 565 killed
Bath School disaster, Bath Township, Michigan, USA (May 18, 1927), 45 killed
New London School explosion, New London, Texas, USA (March 18, 1937) about 300 killed
The Bombay Blasts, Victoria Dock Bombay, India (April 14, 1944) about 800 killed
The Port Chicago Explosion, California, USA (July 17 1944) 320 killed
Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion, Cleveland, Ohio (October 20, 1944) killed 130 people and destroyed a one square mile area on Cleveland's east side.
Pringle Powder Co. Nitroglycerine Explosion, Owensboro, Kentucky (November 25,1944) 2 killed
Texas City Explosion, Texas City, Texas, USA (April 16, 1947) 581 killed
BLEVE at a refinery in Feyzin, Isère, France (January 4, 1966) 18 killed
Flixborough disaster, North Lincolnshire, England (June 1 1974) 28 killed
CIL Plant explosion, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1974, 7 killed
Lapua cartridge factory explosion, Lapua, Finland. (April 13, 1976) 40 killed
Ortuella School Gas Explosion, Ortuella, Spain (October 23 1980) 51 killed
Vila Socó Explosion, Cubatão, Brazil, (February 24, 1984) up to 508 killed (disputed)
LPG BLEVE in San Juan Ixhuatepec, México State, Mexico (November 19, 1984) 500 killed
PEPCON disaster, near Henderson, Nevada, USA (May 4 1988) 2 killed, 372 injured
Piper Alpha explosion, North Sea, Scotland, (July 6 1988) 167 killed (including 2 rescuers)
Phillips Petroleum Co. (now Chevron Phillips) isobutane UVCE in Pasadena, Texas, USA (October 23, 1989) 23 killed, 130 injured [10]
Sewer explosions in Reforma Zone, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (April 22, 1992) 296 killed
Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (April 19, 1995) 168 killed, including 1 rescue worker
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) LPG UVCE in Visakhapatnam, India (September 14, 1997) 58 killed [11]
Phillips Petroleum Co. (now Chevron Phillips) K-resin in Pasadena, Texas, USA (June 23, 1999) 2 killed, 3 injured, see [12] and page 15 of [13]
Phillips Petroleum Co. (now Chevron Phillips) butadiene in Pasadena, Texas, USA (March 27, 2000) 1 killed, 69 injured, see [14] and page 15 of [15]
AZF Explosion at a Toulouse chemical factory, Toulouse, France (September 21, 2001) - 29 killed, approx. 2,500 seriously wounded
Lagos armoury explosion, Lagos, Nigeria (January 27 2002), 1,100 killed
2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire, Buncefield, Hertfordshire, UK. No-one killed, explosion heard throughout south-east England.
Atlas Creek pipeline explosion near Lagos, Nigeria (May 12 2006), 150 killed
Danvers, Massachusetts chemical plant explosion in residential neighborhood (November 22 2006), no one killed, explosion heard for 20 mile radius.
2007 Maputo arms depot explosion in Maputo, Mozambique, 93 killed.
West Pharmaceutical Plant explosion
2006 Falk Corporation explosion

Fire disasters[edit]

Final destruction of the Library of Alexandria, 391 AD
Great Fire of London, London, England (September 2-September 5 1666)
Great Chicago Fire, Chicago, Illinois (October 8, 1871) estimated 200-300 killed
Peshtigo Fire, Peshtigo, Wisconsin (October 8, 1871) estimated 1,200-2,500 killed
The Great Fire of 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland, (July 8, [[1892[[)
Gerat Hakodate fire, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, 2,165 confirmed killed. (March 20, 1934)
Cocoanut Grove fire, Boston, Massachusetts (November 28, 1942) 492 killed
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Connecticut (July 6, 1944) probably 168 killed
Summerland disaster, Isle of Man (August 2, 1973) 51 killed
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Southgate, Kentucky (May 28, 1977) 165 killed
Stardust Disaster, Dublin, Ireland (February 14, 1981) 48 killed
Ash Wednesday fires, Victoria & South Australia (February 16, 1983), 75 killed
Bradford fire disaster, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (May 11, 1985) 56 killed
King's Cross fire, London, England (November 18, 1987) 31 killed
Happyland Fire, The Bronx, New York City (1990) 87 killed
Oakland Hills firestorm, Oakland and Berkeley, California, (October 20, 1991) 25 killed
Branch Davidian compound, near Waco, Texas (1993) 80 killed
Gothenburg nightclub fire, Gothenburg, Sweden, (October 28, 1998) 63 killed
Mont Blanc Tunnel fire (1999) 39 killed
Kaprun disaster, Kaprun, Austria (November 11, 2000) 155 killed
Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, Vietnam, over 60 killed, over 100 missing and 500 injured
Canberra bushfires of 2003, Canberra, Australia, (January 18, 2003) 4 killed
Daegu subway fire in South Korea (February, 2003) 198 killed
The Station nightclub fire, West Warwick, Rhode Island (2003) 100 killed
República Cromagnon nightclub fire, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (December 30, 2004) 194 killed

Miscellaneous[edit]

The Capitol Disaster, Richmond, Virginia (April 27 1870) 60+ killed
The Boston Molasses Disaster, Boston, Massachusetts (January 15 1919) 21 killed
Burnden Park Disaster, Bolton, Lancashire, England (March 9 1946) 33 killed
Great Smog of 1952, London, England about 12,000 killed
24 hours of Le Mans disaster, France, (June 11, 1955) 80+ killed
Aberfan disaster, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (October 21, 1966) 144 killed
Second Ibrox disaster, Glasgow, Scotland (January 2, 1971) 66 killed
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, Kansas City, Missouri (July 17 1981) 114 killed
Heysel Stadium disaster, Brussels, Belgium (May 29, 1985) 39 killed
Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse, Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia (July 31, 1988) 32 killed
Hillsborough disaster, Sheffield, England (April 15, 1989) 96 killed
Highland Towers collapse, Ampang, Malaysia (December 11, 1993) 48 killed
Sampoong Department Store collapse, Seoul, South Korea (June 29, 1995) 501 killed
Enschede fireworks disaster, Enschede, Netherlands (May 13, 2000) 22 killed
P36 Offshore Oil Platform Sinking, South Atlantic, Brazil (March, 2001) 11 killed
Ellis Park Stadium disaster, Johannesburg, South Africa (April 11, 2001) 43 killed
Northeast Blackout of 2003, northeastern United States, eastern Canada (August 14, 2003) 8 reported deaths
Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Baghdad, Iraq (August 31 2005) about 1,000 killed
2003 Chicago balcony collapse, United States (June 29, 2003) 12 killed

Causes of hypothetical future disasters[edit]

References[edit]

^ According to the French Institut Pasteur

External links[edit]

CRED EM-DAT
GLIDEnumber database of Disaster Identifier codes
RSOE EDIS Emergency and Disaster Information Service An up-to-the-minute world wide map showing current disasters.
World's worst natural disasters since 1900
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  Victorious/ John J. Carrick  Tug/barge Windsor, ON Morterm Terminal In & out as needed   
 Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit  Tug/barge Windsor, ON Morterm Terminal ?   
John Spence (tug) Bay Roberts, NFLD   14 Dec 2012   
 Barge Lambert Spirit Hamilton, ON Pier 14 21 Dec 2012   
Salvor Tug Hamilton, ON Pier 14 21 Dec 2012

Tony Mackay (Tug) Mulgrave, NS 15 Dec 2012 Labrador Spirit (Barge) Mulgrave, NS 15 Dec 2012 Evans McKeil (Tug) Hamilton, ON Pier 14 24 Dec 2012

Chi-Cheemaun Owen Sound, ON West Wall, south of museum 15 Oct 2012  
 Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41  Tug/barge Ludington, MI   ???   
Phoenix Star and Phoenix Sun Shipping Co.  
Phoenix Star Toledo, OH Ironhead Shipyard 19 Dec 2012   
Phoenix Sun Sorel, QC Pier 17 6 Dec 2012   
Bradshaw McKee/ Cleveland Rocks  tug/barge Muskegon, MI Mart Dock 1 Dec 2012   
 St. Marys Challenger Lake Calumet The Sheds 1 Dec 2012   
Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Conquest Tug/Barge Milwaukee, WI St. Marys Cement Dock 2 Jan 2013   
 Petite Forte/ St. Marys Cement Tug/barge) Hamilton, ON   14 Dec 2011   
Sea Eagle II/St. Marys Cement II Tug/barge Toledo, OH St. Marys Cement dock 2 Jan 2013   
St. Marys Cement IlI Green Bay, WI   1 Sep 2000 Storage 
Tug Jane Anne IV  Detroit, MI Nicholson Terminal  ? 2009 For Sale 
Barge Sarah Spencer  Detroit, MI Nicholson Terminal 22 Nov 2010 For Sale 
Hamilton Energy** Hamilton, ON Pier24 31 Dec 2012

Commodore Straits/ Marinelink Explorer Tug/barge Trois-Rivieres For sale

Provmar Terminal**  Hamilton, ON  Eastport Pier 24 (fuel storage barge) 
6 Apr 1985

Joseph H. Thompson & Jr. Tug/barge Escanaba, MI North Coal Dock ?? Dec 2012 Joyce L. Van Enkevort/Great Lakes Trader Tug/barge Escanaba, MI Basic Marine 19 Jan 2013

        Scrapped or Sold Off-Lakes

 Maumee* Port Colborne, ON Marine Recycling Corp for scraping 3 Dec 2011   
Algocape(2)    Aliaga, Turkey for scraping 22 Aug 2012   
Sauniere   Aliaga, Turkey for scraping 1 Jul  2011   
James Norris Port Colborne, ON Marine Recycling Corp. for scraping 6 Dec 2011   
Gordon C. Leitch   Aliaga, Turkey for scraping 24 Sep  2012   
Provmar Terminal II**  Port Colborne, ON Marine Recycling Corp for scraping  ?? Nov 2012   
Kathryn Spirit Beauharnais, QC   ?   
 William J. Moore/

McCleary's Spirit T/B Sold to Kirby Offshore Marine Operating in Curacao Prior to 11 Dec 2012

^ "Radcliffe R. Latimer". boatnerd.com. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
^ "National Park of American Samoa". National Park Service. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

[1] According to the French Institut Pasteur

[2] "Radcliffe R. Latimer". boatnerd.com. Retrieved 27 March 2013.

[3] "National Park of American Samoa". National Park Service. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

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