Cruise Ship Deaths – Cruise Ship Death Cases & Statistics

Natural Causes

David Leslie Chase Cruise Ship Passenger Death

David Leslie Chase, 64, of Lynchburg, Virginia passed away while on a cruise with his wife on Sunday, March 25, 2018. David was a retired Chief Petty Officer from the U.S. Navy where he served [...]
Natural Causes

Clifford Wheeldon, Passenger Death Aboard Holland America Line Ryndam

Clifford Wheeldon, – Death Aboard, Holland America Line Ryndam Passenger, April 1, 2005, Time of Death is unknown. Date: April 1, 2005 Cause: Unknown Location: San Diego, California Passenger: Clifford Wheeldon Cruise Line: Holland America Line [...]
Cruise Ship Drowning

Gail Ann Moss Passenger Cruise Ship Death Celebrity Silhoutte

Gail Ann Moss, 71, from Scottsdale, Arizona died during a Caribbean Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Silhouette cruise while snorkeling in Grand Cayman on Thursday, March 9, 2017 As Larry & Gail traveled the country and abroad, the [...]
Cruise Ship Sinkings

Elisabeth Bauer Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

Elisabeth Bauer – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Elisabeth Bauer, from Germany, died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded off the coast [...]
Cruise Ship Disasters

Mervyn Bregstein Passenger Cruise Ship Death SS Morro Castle Fire

Mervyn Bregstein, 8 – Cruise Ship Fire, SS Morro Castle Passenger, September 8, 1934, Time of Death 2:50-6:00. On September 8, 1934, Mervyn Bregstein, age 8, a student at Public School #185 in Brooklyn, New [...]

Frank Kochish Passenger Cruise Ship Death Overboard Carnival Inspiration

May 18, 2006

Frank Kochish, 82 – Suicide Overboard, Carnival Inspiration Passenger, May 18, 2006, Time of Death is unknown. This is the case that was known as 82 Yr Old Male Missing In Cabin M236 on Carnival Cruise [...]
George Uthuppu Passenger Cruise Ship Overboard Carnival Triumph

March 17, 2015
Rosanna Rossato Passenger Cruise Ship Death Overboard MSC Opera

November 11, 2015

Li Yinglei Passenger Cruise Ship Death MSC Magnifica

February 10, 2017

Li Yinglei, Allegedly Murdered by Husband, Thrown Overboard MSC Magnifica Off Italy Coast February 10, 2017, Time of Death Unknown. Li Yinglei, 36, embarked on a MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica 10-day Mediterranean cruise with her husband Daniel [...]
George Seamen, Murdered And Cannibalized Aboard Schooner Sallie M. Steelman

January 31, 1878
Jean-Claude Tissier, 72, France, Attack on Bardo National Museum Tunis, Tunisia

March 18, 2015

Erika Fani Soria Molina Crew Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

Erika Fani Soria Molina – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Erika Fani Soria Molina, 25, from Peru worked as a crew member waitress and died aboard Carnival Corp’s, […]

Jean-Pierre Micheaud Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

Jean-Pierre Micheaud – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Jean-Pierre Micheaud, 61, from La Rochelle, France died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship […]

William Arlotti Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

William Arlotti – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. William Arlotti, 37, from Italy died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded […]

Passenger Cruise Ship Death Norwegian Getaway

March 9, 2016

Cruise Ship Passenger Death, Jumped Off Deck 18 Landed on Deck 5, Norwegian Getaway Caribbean Cruise March 9, 2016, Time of Death Unknown. We have received multiple reports of a male passenger, 21, jumping overboard on March […]

Camila Peixoto Bandeira Crew Cruise Ship Death Aboard Hanging MSC Musica

January 10, 2010

Camila Peixoto Bandeira, 28 – Suspicious Hanging, MSC Musica Crew, January 10, 2010, Time of Death 7:00-10:00. Camila Peixoto Bandeira, 28, from Brazil was last seen alive around 2300 hours on January 09, 2010 aboard MSC […]

Miguel (Tito) Broliani, Suicidal Behavior Overboard, MSC Orchestra Passenger

December 22, 2010

Miguel (Tito) Broliani, – Suicidal Behavior, MSC Orchestra Passenger, December 22, 2010, Time of Death is 4:00. Miguel Broliani, known as Tito a 19-year-old student from Curitiba University where he studied Architecture, Law and Biomedicine. He died after […]

Russell Harrison Stephens Accidental Death, Celebrity Millennium Passenger

February 11, 2007

Russell Harrison Stephens – Death Aboard, Celebrity Millennium Passenger, February 11, 2007, Time of Death is unknown. Date: February 11, 2007 Cause: Choking Location: Puerto Rico Passenger: Russell Harrison Stephens Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises Ship: […]

Keith Shaw Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Saga Rose

December 24, 2007

Keith Shaw, 77 – Head – Neck Trauma, Saga Rose Passenger, December 24, 2007, Time of Death is unknown. Keith Shaw, 77, an artist from the United Kingdom, reminds us all how dangerous it is […]

Norcliff Perez Crew Cruise Ship Death Aboard Water-tight Door Crushed Celebrity Millennium

January 27, 2005

Norcliff Perez, – Accidental Death, Celebrity Millennium Crew, January 27, 2005, Time of Death is unknown. Date: January 27, 2005 Cause: Crushed to death From: Passenger Name: Norcliff Perez Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises Ship: Celebrity Millennium […]

Alan Lawrence Kehrer Notable Cruise Industry Death

February 27, 2017

Alan Lawrence Kehrer, 74, of Vero Beach, Florida passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. Kehrer was born in New York City, New York. He was the retired Director of Passenger Development for […]

Ross L Jamerson, 80 – Natural Causes, Cruise Industry Death

August 30, 2015

Ross L Jamerson, 80 – Natural Causes, Cruise Industry Death NA, August 30, 2015 Time of Death is unknown On Sunday, August 30, 2015, Ross L. Jamerson, 80, from Athens, Tennessee, a former Carnival Cruise Lines […]

Roderick Anthony Watson, Cranival Cruise Line Passenger Dies of Heart Failure on Carnival Triumph

November 25, 2006

Roderick Anthony Watson, 45 – Heart Failure, Carnival Triumph Passenger, November 25, 2006, Time of Death is unknown. Cruise ship passenger Roderick Anthony Watson, 45, from Lakeland, Florida was sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Triumph […]

Steven Michael Cox Notable Cruise Industry Death

August 27, 2017

Steven Michael Cox, 43, from Kissimmee, Florida, originally from Charleston, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 of complications from Pneumonia. Cox graduated from Southeastern Academy in Kissimmee, Florida in 1993 with a […]

Sarah Davis Passenger Cruise Ship Death Celebrity Solstice

April 22, 2010

Sarah Davis, 84 – Pre Existing Condition, Celebrity Solstice Passenger, April 22, 2010, Time of Death is unknown. Date: April 22, 2010 Cause: Cancer From: Connecticut Passenger Name: Sarah Davis Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises Ship: Celebrity Solstice […]

Austin Stringray Ray Passenger Cruise Ship Death Disney Wonder

May 31, 2016

Austin “Stingray” Ray, Cruise Ship Passenger Death, Died Aboard Disney Wonder on Alaska Cruise May 31, 2016, Time of Death Midnight. Austin “Stingray” Ray, 17, from Pevely , Missouri was on a cruise with his parents Kevin […]

Larry Gerald Wilhoit Passenger Cruise Ship Death Carnival Glory

February 9, 2017

Larry Gerald Wilhoit, Cruise Ship Passenger Snorkeling Death, Oranjestad, Aruba Carnival Glory, February 9, 2016, Time of Death Unknown. Larry Gerald Wilhoit, 67, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska was on a cruise with his wife Beverly aboard […]

Walter B Shaw Cruise Ship Passenger Death Cunard Sagafjord

July 20, 1992

Walter B. Shaw, 72 – Diminished Capacity, Sagafjord Passenger, July 20, 1992, Time of Death 4:00. Jean Shaw says she went to take a nap in their cabin while the Cunard Line’s MS Sagafjord was […]

Martin Stephen Brutosky Passenger Cruise Ship Death Royal Princess

December 3, 2016

Martin Stephen Brutosky, Cruise Ship Passenger Death, Cruise Ship Passenger from New York Snorkeling Excursion, Honeymoon Death December 3, 2016, Time of Death Unknown. Martin Stephen Brutosky, 64, from New York was on a Princess Cruises’ Royal […]

Katelyn A Blair Passenger Cruise Ship Death Norwegian Gem

May 17, 2015

Katelyn A. Blair, Child Drowning Death, Norwegian Gem Child Passenger Adult Swimming Pool Drowning Death May 17, 2015, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. On May 17, 2015, Colleen Blair, from Brooklyn, New York, was sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise […]

Ricky Tung Nguyen Passenger Cruise Ship Death Liberty of the Seas Christmas Cruise

December 21, 2015

Ricky Tung Nguyen, Child Passenger Drowning Death, Cruise Ship Swimming Pool Drowning Death December 21, 2015, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. Ricky Tung Nguyen, 8, from Houston, Texas was sailing with his parents Jennifer and John Nguyen aboard […]

Prince Adepoju Passenger Cruise Ship Pool Drowning Death Anthem of the Seas

July 2, 2016

Prince Adepoju, Child Passenger Drowning Death, Anthem of the Seas Child Passenger Adult, Swimming Pool Drowning Death July 2, 2016, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. Prince Adepojuan, 8, from Maryland was cruising aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ (RCCL) […]

Larry Morris Hammer Passenger Cruise Ship Fire Death Estrella Amazonica

April 12, 2017

Larry Morris Hammer and Cristy Jeins Hammer, Estrella Amazonica Cruise Ship Fire Death, Omaha, Nebraska Couple Die After Cruise Ship Cabin Fire – April 12, 2016, Time of Death 0200 Hours. Larry Morris Hammer, 74, […]

Gwen Mnguni Passenger Cruise Death Fire Prime Time

November 19, 2016

Gwen Mnguni, Cruise Ship Fire Death, Prime Time Party Boat November 19, 2016, Time of Death 2:00. Gwen Mnguni, 33, from Diepkloof in Soweto, South Africa was on the cruise with her husband Nhlonipho Mnguni when Prime […]

Portia Gumede Passenger Cruise Death Fire Prime Time

November 19, 2016

Portia Gumede, Cruise Ship Fire Death, Prime Time Party Boat, November 19, 2016, Time of Death 2:00. Portia Gumede, 36, from Gumede of Dlamini, Soweto, drown when Prime Time caught fire around 2:00 in the […]

Ashley Barnett Passenger Cruise Ship Death Drug Overdose Aboard Carnival Paradise Xingolati Groove Cruise

October 15, 2005

Ashley Barnett, 25 – Drug Overdose, Carnival Paradise Passenger, October 15, 2005, Time of Death 4:00. The cruise was the Xingolati Groove Cruise of the Pacific, a three day cruise in the Pacific. It was a […]

Dianne Brimble Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Pacific Sky Drug Overdose GHB

September 23, 2002

Dianne Brimble, 42 – Drug Overdose, Pacific Sky Passenger, September 23, 2002, Time of Death 8:30. The Victim – Justice Denied – Dianne Brimble, 42, from Brisbane, Australia, a mother of three. Family said before […]

Kipi Holcomb Passenger Cruise Ship Death Alcohol Poisoning Carnival Ecstasy

February 16, 2010

Kipi Holcomb, 32 – Drug Overdose, Carnival Ecstasy Passenger, February 16, 2010, Time of Death is unknown. The United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the death of cruise ship passenger Kipi Holcomb, 32, […]

Ms Hsieh Passenger Cruise Ship Death Costa-Victoria

July 17, 2014

Ms Hsieh, 53 – Missing, Costa Victoria Passenger, July 17, 2014, Time of Death is unknown. Ms Hsieh, 53, a Taiwanese-American, was reported missing from the Costa Cruises cruise ship Costa Victoria while the ship was […]

Sarah Tessier Powell Passenger Cruise Ship Death Overboard Veendam

September 20, 2012

Sarah Tessier Powell, Passenger Missing Presumed Dead, Holland America Line Veendam – September 20, 2012, Time of Death Unknown. Sarah Tessier Powell, 70, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana was alone on a fall foliage, New England, Canadian Maritimes […]

Oliveiro Fernandez Crew Cruise Ship Death Overboard Island Adventure

November 13, 2007

Oliveiro Fernandez, 44 – Missing, Island Adventure Crew, November 13, 2007, Time of Death 9:30. Oliveiro Fernandez, 44, an assistant cook crew member aboard Island Adventure was reported missing from the Island Cruises Island Adventure casino cruise […]

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