Japanese National Railways' ferry Shiun Maru sinks after a collision with sister ship Uko Maru, in thick fog off Takamatsu, Shikoku

Cuándo

11 may 1955

Tipo

Evento

Coordenadas

34.38° N, 134.02° E

Situado en: coordinates of the event it links, Shiun Maru disaster.

Japanese National Railways' ferry Shiun Maru sinks after a collision with sister ship Uko Maru, in thick fog off Takamatsu, Shikoku, in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan; 166 passengers (many children) and 2 crew members are killed. This event is influential in plans to construct the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (built 1986–98).

1955 maritime incident in Japan

The Shiun Maru disaster was a ship collision in Japan on 11 May 1955, during a school field trip, killing 168 people.

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