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		rhaps0dy on Sept 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cruise ships chopped in half are a license to prin... The Costa Concordia ship was basically beached and turned. It did not sink, rather it collided with some rocks near the coast. This is very different from "sinking Titanic-style". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster EDIT: oh hm, maybe you're right; like the Titanic it collided with something and water began to pour in, unlike the Titanic it was close to shore so the whole ship did not sink.

marginalia_nu on Sept 8, 2024 [–]

If nothing else there's the MS Estonia disaster[1]. Structural failure due to a wave impact leading the car deck to flood and the ship to sink.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_MS_Estonia

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