This list is under construction. Date of last update is 16 March 2000.

Maritime Accident Links

Major Oil Spills

(A) pictures and short summaries of top ten recent major maritime oil spills - with 220 page National Oceanogrpahic and Atmoshperic Administration database of oil spills with full incident summaries

Index of Wrecks

(B) alphabetical database of over 1000 ship wrecks (mostly prior to 1900s) in the North Sea arranged in table form - many of the terms are in Danish

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration

(A) Alaska state site on the Exxon Valdez grounding with fact sheet on the incident and detailed information on physical, ecological, and economic impacts, remediation, and spill response readiness

Eastland Disaster Historical Society

(A) rich site describing the 1915 capsize of passenger steamer in Chicago - offers an imaginative comparison of the Eastland and the Titanic, along with chronology and detailed passenger and crew list

National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report SS Edmund Fitzgerald

(A) complete text of the National Transportation Safety Board report on the sinking of the Great Lakes cargo ship Edmund Fitzgerald in a gale in November 1975

US Peacetime Submarine Accidents

(A) extensive list of United States, Russian, and other Navies' submarine accidents and sinkings, with vessel, date, location, cause, casualties, and brief descriptions of the accidents 1915-1999

The Sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

(B) site provides overview of the chronology of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and explanation of the most likely cause - graphics on the storm and wave heights clarify the hazard

The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

(B) summary page on the sinking with crew list and physical description of the Edmund Fitzgerald - includes a reader poll on the actual cause of the sinking

Encyclopedia Titanica

(A) extensive Titanic site with source referenced biographies of passengers and crew, lists of casualties and bodies recovered, information on passengers in each lifeboat, and a chronology of the ship

Posted Aboard RMS Titanic

(B) interesting example of an on-line exhibition - overview of postal operations aboard Titanic, information on sea postal clerks, and images of a variety of postal materials used aboard ships

Spill: The Wreck of the Exxon Valdez

(A) extract from the final report of the Alaska Oil Spill Commission providing detailed chronology from the loading of the Exxon Valdez through the grounding and efforts of the crew to free the ship

The Search for the SS Waratah

(C) limited information on the sinking of the SS Waratah off South Africa in 1909 - site indicates wreckage has been found but concentrates on fund raising for a NUMA dive exploration

Wrecks & Shipfinds Worldwide

(M) extensive and rich world shipwreck meta-site with links to individual wreck sites (in a wide variety of formats) and to databases of sunken vessels (again in a variety of formats)

Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks

(A) detailed information on explored shipwrecks in Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, including history of the vessels, description of the wreck incident, and detailed site plans of surviving wreckage

Shipwrecks of the Keweenaw Peninsula

(A) extensive database of shipwrecks on Michigan's upper peninsula - includes both unlocated accidents and information on the cause of located accidents and the current condition of wreckage

Shipwrecks Since 1833

(B) partial list of significant ship sinkings from 1833 through 1999 with date, vessel name, approximate location, probable or known cause, and casualty figures

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