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11 relations: Beaching (nautical), Careening, Costa Concordia disaster, Exxon Valdez oil spill, Human error, MS Riverdance, Rena oil spill, Seabed, Spectacle Reef Light, SS Torrey Canyon, 2009 USS Port Royal grounding.
Beaching (nautical)
Beaching is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water.
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Careening
Careening (also known as "heaving down") is the practice of grounding a sailing vessel at high tide in order to expose one side of its hull for maintenance and repairs below the water line when the tide goes out.
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Costa Concordia disaster
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, on 13 January 2012, resulting in 32 deaths.
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Exxon Valdez oil spill
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled of crude oil over the next few days.
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Human error
Human error has been cited as a primary cause contributing factor in disasters and accidents in industries as diverse as nuclear power (e.g., the Three Mile Island accident), aviation (see pilot error), space exploration (e.g., the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster and Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), and medicine (see medical error).
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MS Riverdance
Riverdance was a RORO ferry in service with Seatruck Ferries on the Irish Sea.
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Rena oil spill
The Rena oil spill occurred off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand.
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Seabed
The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean.
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Spectacle Reef Light
Spectacle Reef Light is a lighthouse east of the Straits of Mackinac and is located at the northern end of Lake Huron, Michigan.
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SS Torrey Canyon
SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 120,000 tons of crude oil.
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2009 USS Port Royal grounding
The 2009 USS Port Royal grounding was a ship grounding by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser ''Port Royal'' off Oahu, Hawaii, on 5 February 2009.
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