#capsized ship

The ocean liner Normandie lies heavily tilting at Pier 88, at 49th Street, on February 10, 1945, after a massive fire broke out aboard the former French Line ship. Seized by the U.S. government, the Normandie was in New York for refittings for military duty and was about to start its service as the USS Lafayette troop carrier when the fire broke out. Due to the pressure of being top-heavy from the fire-fighting water, the ship snapped her mooring lines and capsized.

200+ migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, were on a ship headed from Libya to Italy

50+ people were rescued off the Italian island of Lampedusa after the ship capsized on Wednesday