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Ever thought about how many cruise ships have sunk in history? We have the answers for you. Read on to learn about these tragic events.

The last cruise of Mikhail Lermontov

The great navigator left his mark on some of our most beautiful landscapes on a journey some 1000 years ago.

Authorities lost track of the launch, called Kahu, until it was struck by a commercial fishing boat about 16 kilometres away, near Cape Jackson, at 10pm. It then drifted towards Transpower’s underwater electricity and telecommunications cables in Cook Strait, before it was spotted by seamen and towed to Wellington. Ross Giblin/Stuff On Saturday, emergency services were called to the 11.8-metre launch boat as it began to sink near near Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu/The Brothers Islands around noon. Seaview Marina Limited’s chief executive, Alan McLellan​ said the impact of the fishing vessel ca...

“It had submerged, but part of the structure was poking out of the water,” Grogan said on Tuesday. Authorities lost track of the drifting wreck until a commercial fishing boat struck it about 16 kilometres away at 10pm, near Cape Jackson, tearing a hole in its hull. Police search and rescue co-ordinator and Blenheim senior sergeant Peter Payne said Coastguard Marlborough delivered a pump to the fishing boat so it could remove the water it had taken on. SUPPLIED The boat sank by The Brothers/Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu, in red, and was hit by a fishing boat by Cape Jackson, in orange.