2015 Event Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2015 Event Search and rescue efforts continue for missing passengers of a cruise ship that capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River during a tornado; there are 14 survivors to date, with most of the 456 passengers still missing 2015 Event Commercial space company SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon 9 rocket, which has released the Dragon cargo ship into orbit to the International Space Station; the rocket returned to Earth after releasing the Dragon but had a rough landing 2015 Event The Ezadeen, an abandoned ship carrying 450 Syrians, is rescued from choppy waters and brought safely to shore in Italy; the ship is the second to be abandoned by human traffickers off the nation's coast in the last four days 2014 Event A ship carrying 900 Syrians is intercepted and safely brought to shore by the Italian coast guard; the ship had been manned by human traffickers who abandoned the vessel after setting the navigation system on a collision course with the Italian coast 2014 Event The E.U. extends sanctions against Russia by banning oil and gas exploration, cruise ship activity, and investment in Russian-annexed Crimea, the annexation is considered illegitimate by E.U. member nations 2013 Event Amidst criticism for its lack of help in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, China's 'Peace Ark', a 14,000-ton navy hospital ship, is sent to the Philippines to help its relief efforts'; the country also sent an emergency medical team and a disaster relief team from the Chinese Red Cross 2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2013 Event Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2013 Event In Cebu, Philippines, 200 are missing and at least 26 are dead after a cargo ship and the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas collide 2012 Event The Dutch non-profit organization's Women on Waves abortion rights activist ship, which provides abortions and related medical services to women from countries with restrictive abortion laws, was blocked from entering Morocco's port of Smir 2012 Event The Japanese Coast Guard reports six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are sighted near the disputed Senkaku Islands; China claims the 'two surveillance ship fleets' are in waters around the islands for purposes of 'patrols and law enforcement' 2012 Event After losing power three days ago due to an engine room fire, the Costa Allegra cruise ship arrives at the Seychelles 2012 Event Following an engine room fire, the cruise ship costa Allegra is left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles 2012 Event Sunken cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino admits to navigational errors that caused the Costa Concordia to capsize 2012 Event Two survivors are found trapped inside the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany January 13 2011 Event The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2011 Event Over 88 containers from the MV Rena, New Zealand's stranded cargo ship, fall into the Bay of Plenty 2011 Event The oil spill from MV Rena, the ship stranded off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, becomes the country's worst environmental disaster 2011 Event Off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, the MV Rena container ship runs aground, causing a large oil spill and affecting wildlife in the Bay of Plenty 2011 Event The 2011 Syrian uprising continues as Turkey seizes a Syrian ship that is possibly carrying weapons to the Syrian Army 2011 Event In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive 2010 Event Germany holds its first pirate trial in 400 years, placing ten Somalia�s on trial for attacking a German ship 2010 Event A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 2010 Event Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania 2010 Event After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters 2010 Event Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia 2010 Event Danish special forces storm a ship captured by Somali pirates, freeing 25 crewmembers on board 2010 Event Somali pirates seize a North-Korean flagged cargo ship south of Yemen 2009 Event A Sri Lankan migrant ship seized off of Canada's Pacific Coast, carried 76 suspected Sri Lankan immigrants 2009 Event An Australian navy ship intercepts a boat carrying 60 suspected asylum seekers 2000 Death Jose Greco, flamenco dancer, Ship of Fools, dies at 82 1994 Death Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98 1994 Event U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1994 Event Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200 1988 Event Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship 1986 Event Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1985 Event U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1984 Event Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire 1982 Event English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England 1982 Event ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol vs. Malay 1982 Event British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war 1981 Death Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies 1981 Death Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, dies at 80 1981 Event Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision 1980 Event Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1980 Death Katherine A Porter, U.S. author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90 1977 Death Gertrude Astor, actress (Ship of Wanted Men), dies on 90th birthday 1977 Death Edith Barrett, actress (Molly and Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64 1976 Event Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground 1975 Event Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1975 Event U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship 1975 Event U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces 1975 Event 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1974 Event "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina 1972 Event Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire 1971 Event Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed 1968 Event 82 members of U.S. intelligence ship 'Pueblo' released by North Korea 1968 Event Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea 1967 Death Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85 1965 Death Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 1964 Death John Emery, actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59 1964 Event Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1964 Event Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1963 Event Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die 1962 Event Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 1961 Event Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300 1961 Event Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria 1959 Event 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island 1959 Event 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1959 Event 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore 1958 Death Carl Brisson, actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho), dies at 64 1958 Event Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam 1957 Event German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean 1954 Death Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82 1950 Birthday James P[aul] Blaylock, U.S., sci-fi author, Elfin Ship, Homunculus 1949 Event Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland 1949 Death Richard Dix, actor (Tombstone, Ghost Ship, 13th Hour), dies at 56 1948 Event Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 1947 Event Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine 1947 Event British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine 1947 Event 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched 1947 Event French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 1947 Event Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp 1946 Event 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed 1945 Event Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st U.S. ship to bombard Japan 1945 Event German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 Event Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1945 Event German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed 1944 Event 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp 1943 Birthday Christiane Schmidtmer, Heidelberg Germany, actress, Ship of Fools 1943 Event Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island 1943 Event 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome 1943 Event Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched 1942 Event German scout ship Altmark explode and sinks off Yokohama 1942 Event Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1941 Event USS Swordfish becomes 1st U.S. submarine to sink a Japanese ship 1941 Event 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) 1941 Event Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet 1941 Event German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia 1941 Event 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched 1941 Event 1st German ship in WW II captured by U.S. ship (Busko) 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1941 Birthday John Jameson, cricketer, England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai 1941 Event 1st U.S. ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore) 1941 Event German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) 1940 Event 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware 1940 Event German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church) 1939 Event Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die 1939 Event German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship 1939 Event German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 Event German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1938 Event 1st passenger ship equipped with radar 1936 Death Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38 1934 Birthday Michael Dunn, Shattuck, Oklahoma, actor, House of the Damned, Ship of Fools 1934 Event Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Event 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine 1933 Event Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship 1931 Event 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched 1930 Birthday George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, ship builder/horse owner 1930 Event 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1926 Event Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 1922 Birthday Philip Larkin, born in Coventry, England, writer, North Ship, Jill 1920 Event French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1919 Event 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Death Victor A D Segalen, Max Anely, French ship's doctor/writer, dies 1918 Event U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1918 Event 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1918 Event 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland 1917 Event French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 1917 Event Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die 1917 Event Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship 1916 Event Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 1915 Event Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) 1915 Event Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die 1915 Event German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight 1915 Event Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1915 Event German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea 1915 Event Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1915 Event Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin 1915 Event 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) 1914 Event 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal 1914 Event Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die 1914 Event Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico 1913 Event British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1913 Event German passenger ship Imperator runs aground 1913 Birthday John Lund, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Wackiest Ship in the Army 1912 Birthday David Langton, born in Scotland, actor, Quintet, St. Joan, Abandon Ship 1912 Event Over 1,500 people die when the British passenger ship, RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg 1912 Event Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship 1911 Event 1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) 1911 Event 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba 1910 Event 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va 1909 Event Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call 1909 Event SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1908 Birthday Gerd Gaiser, German writer, Ship in the Mountain 1907 Birthday Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools 1907 Event Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, estimated 150 died 1906 Event Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1904 Event Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1904 Death Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies 1901 Birthday Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer, Een ship vergaat 1900 Birthday Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder 1898 Death Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70 1898 Birthday John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado 1898 Event 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1897 Event 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon 1895 Event U.S. Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan 1894 Event Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic 1890 Birthday Katherine Anne Porter, U.S., novelist, Ship of Fools 1889 Death Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 1879 Birthday Warwick Armstrong, cricketer, Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21 1878 Birthday Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales 1878 Event Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia 1876 Birthday Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23 1876 Death Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78 1874 Event Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand 1872 Event U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month 1871 Birthday Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier 1870 Event Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1867 Event 1st ship passes through Suez Canal 1866 Event Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1864 Event Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks 1864 Event Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark 1864 Event Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic" 1863 Event Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides 1862 Event Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC 1862 Event 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service 1861 Event MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island 1858 Event Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1858 Death Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74 1853 Event Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 1850 Event Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England 1850 Death Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 1848 Event 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in San Francisco 1845 Event Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western U.S. 1838 Birthday Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist 1836 Birthday Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner 1832 Event U.S. ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 1828 Birthday Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder 1819 Event 1st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica) 1819 Event 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii 1813 Event Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1809 Birthday Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner 1805 Event Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1804 Event 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 1803 Birthday Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner, Red Z Lane 1802 Event Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Heros 1797 Event 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched 1790 Event Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world 1788 Event 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound 1787 Event English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes 1784 Birthday Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder 1784 Event 1st U.S. ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York 1781 Birthday James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1779 Event Captain Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery 1775 Event 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters San Francisco Bay 1772 Event Captain Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown 1756 Birthday Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant and ship owner 1751 Event Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort 1704 Death Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 1678 Event Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon 1675 Death Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 1653 Event Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea 1653 Death John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 1647 Event Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay 1634 Event English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax 1624 Death Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66 1622 Birthday Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder 1611 Event Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again 1590 Event Mauritius of Nassau's ship reaches Breda 1519 Event Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth 1492 Event Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic 1492 Event Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic 1492 Event Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic 1120 Event English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm 193 Death Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61
