10 Ship Launches That Went Horribly Wrong
10 Ship Launches That Went Horribly Wrong
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Ships are incredibly massive machines, and just taking them from a dry dock into the water is an implausible feat in and of itself. It can take days of planning to launch the ship, and every once in a while, these launches go horribly wrong. From cruisers to giant cargo launch failures, here are ten ships that didn't make it to the water unscratched!
Number 10. Equipment Failure
You would think that the management or bad luck must be at play for a bad ship launching moment, but that isn't always the case. Not all boat or ship launches can be blamed on the ship's construction. Sometimes, it's the equipment that aids in the vessel's launch that fails completely, just as in this video. The equipment, which is the long crane that is aiding the boat to be launched into the waters, collapses entirely, resulting the boat to capsize in the water. The crane can be seen going up in the air and losing its balance as the ship falls down, badly caressing the dock. Maybe the management should have spent a little more money on a better crane company. At least the crane didn't fall in the water; that is a plus.
• Massive Boat Launch FAIL (Crane FAIL)
Number 9. Crane Truck Deflection:
This video is truly shocking. The launching pad for this vessel is atop a small plateau overlooking the water. Aided by a crane truck instead of tug-boats and barges, which is a rookie mistake as you have already seen disaster caused by a crane before, the launching seems to be well coordinated until a few meters remain for the vessel to touch the water's surface. It is then that the crane truck completely twists, unable to take the weight of the vessel, thus causing the boat to drop and overturn into the water. The scariest thing is that people are standing on the boat while it is being launched in the water! At least the boat looks okay…urgh not really.
• Video
Number 8. Cargo Ship Launch Failure
Cargo ships are some of the most used and biggest ships In the world as they are responsible for high levels of trade. Have you ever heard a ship spilling oil in the sea and destroying the habitat? That's always the doings of a cargo ship. These gigantic creatures are made to last forever because they have to spend the whole time sailing the seas. If Whitebeard was alive today, he'd have a cargo ship for his pirate crew. But some cargo ships don't eventually last forever, and some don't even get to sail once because of a launching incident, just like the one we are about to show you. As this vessel comes out of the yard, everything seems to be going just fine for it. But then suddenly, in the presence of its proud creators and designers, the vessel starts to tilt to its starboard side as smoothly as it took to the waters from the shipping yard. What can be the reason for such ship launch failure? Any guess?
• Boat Launch Failure!
Number 7. RMS Titanic
Titanic is the ship disaster that everyone knows about. At the time of its launch, the Titanic was the largest and most developed cruise ship in the world, having been built in Ireland. Engineers were so confident of the ship that they literally called it unsinkable. Kinda ironic because it sank during its very first voyage. On April 10th, 1912, the Titanic set sail from Southampton on its way to New York City. On April 14th, 1912, Tragedy struck when the Titanic hit an iceberg while sailing in the North Atlantic Ocean.
It is estimated that 1517 people lost their lives every day, making it one of the most devastating maritime disasters in modern history. After many unsuccessful expeditions and attempts to discover the Titanic wreckage, its location was finally discovered in 1985. Numerous artifacts and antiques were collected from the shipwreck, and most of them are now held at a display in the National Maritime Museum in England. Today, the wreckage of the RMS Titanic is under the protection of the 2001UNESCO Convention. There have been numerous schemes put in place to raise the ship from its wreckage area, but the ship is in such a fragile condition that such plans have been abandoned altogether.
• Titanic Sinking (Sleeping Sun)
Number 6. Accidental Lifeboat Launch
Two crew members were injured after an accidental boat launch that happened on the tanker Chemtrans Nova. The tanker was sitting off the coast of Virginia when the incident occurred. Members of the US coast guard had to be called to rescue two