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Top 10 Incident Photos of 2012

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2012 was a crazy year with a lot of incident photos. Here are gCaptain’s picks for Top 10 Maritime Incident Photos of 2012:

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1. Costa Concordia

Costa Concordia Hull Damage
Image: Wikimedia Commons

2. MV Rena Breaks in Half

Image: Maritime New Zealand
Image: Maritime New Zealand

3. HMS Bounty Sinking.

HMS Bounty Sinking USCG Photo
Image: USCG

 

4. MSC Flaminia

MSC Flaminia Container Ship Fire
Reederei NSB

5. Hong Kong Ferry Disaster – Lamma IV

PHoot
Photo: trey.menefee

6. Staten Island Street Grounding

The John B Caddell pictured on November 3, 2012, just a few days after Hurricane Sandy. Image: USCG
The John B Caddell pictured on November 3, 2012, just a few days after Hurricane Sandy. Image: USCG

7. Hurricane Sandy Aerial Photographs

Homes are flooded in Tuckerton, N.J. Image: USCG
Homes are flooded in Tuckerton, N.J. Image: USCG

8. MV Ocean Breeze in Chile

Image: Captain Eric Omar Rodríguez Aracena.
Image: Captain Eric Omar Rodríguez Aracena.

9. Double Grounding in Spain 

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10. Corvus J and the Baltic Ace Sinking

The Corvus J after colliding with the Baltic Ace car carrier near Rotterdam.
The Corvus J after colliding with the Baltic Ace car carrier near Rotterdam. Image: KNRM Breskens

Honorable Mentions:

11. Arctic-bound drillship, Noble Discoverer, nearly runs aground in Alaska.

noble discoverer drillship
Noble Discoverer, image courtesy Kristjan Laxfoss

12. USS Porter Collides with Tanker

uss porter tanker collision
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/Released)

What would you add to the list?