What ferry was deadlier than the Titanic?

The sinking of Le Joola is the second-worst non-military maritime disaster in number of lives lost. The first is considered to be MV Doña Paz in 1987 with an estimated number of over 4,000 dead. RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912 with 1,517 dead, would be third according to the World Almanac and the New York Times.



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On Oct. 20, 1976, the worst ferry disaster in the history of the United States occurred on the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish. Seventy-seven lives were lost.

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The official report said the bow visor had become loose in heavy seas, resting on top of the ramp and pulling it open. Sea water flooded on to the car deck, causing the MS Estonia to list and eventually sink.

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The simple answer is: they are generally very safe. In fact, ferries are normally considered one of the safest means to travel in Europe.

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Ten years ago Tuesday, Trina Benedict was asleep in her ferry cabin with her six-year-old daughter when the Queen of the North ran aground near Gil Island off British Columbia's Central Coast, listed, and started to sink with 101 passengers and crew on board.

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MS Express Samina (Greek: ??p??? S?µ??a) was a French-built RoPax ferry that struck the charted Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of Paros island in the central Aegean Sea on 26 September 2000. The accident resulted in 81 deaths and the loss of the ship.

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Did any of the ferries sink? Fire Island Ferries is proud of its record of never having to abandon ship, but it came close in 1976, when the Fire Island Queen got stuck on a sandbar in the Captree channel, according to Edwin Mooney Jr.'s book, “Ferries to Fire Island: 1856-2003.” Rachelle Blidner explains.

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Whilst large in her day, Titanic would be equivalent only to a mid-sized ferry in the modern era, the sort of ship many have sailed on to get to France or Holland, and this normally comes as a revelation, he said.

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