Editing Ferry (section)

== Accidents ==
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| footer            = Images in Order of Appearance: {{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}}, [[MV Salem Express|MV ''Salem Express'']], [[MV Princess of the Stars|MV'' Princess of the Stars'']] and [[Sinking of MV Sewol|MV ''Sewol'']]
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The following notable maritime disasters involved ferries:
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* {{ship|TEV|Wahine}} – (10 April 1968) 53 deaths
* [[Sinking of Namyoung-Ho|MV ''Namyoug-Ho'']] (15 December 1970) 323–326 deaths
* [[MV George Prince ferry disaster|MV ''George Prince'']] (20 October 1976) 78 deaths
* {{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}} – (6 March 1987) 193 deaths
* {{MV|Doña Paz}} – (20 December 1987) 4,386 deaths
* {{MV|Doña Marilyn}} – (24 October 1988) ≈400 deaths
* {{MS|Scandinavian Star}} – (7 April 1990) 159 deaths
* {{MV|Salem Express}} – (15 December 1991) 470–850 deaths
* {{MS|Empress of Australia}} – (23 August 1992) 30 deaths
* [[Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz|MS ''Jan Heweliusz'']] – (14 January 1993) 55 deaths
* [[Sinking of MV Seohae|MV ''Seohae'']] – (10 October 1993) 292 deaths
* [[Sinking of the MS Estonia|MS ''Estonia'']] – (28 September 1994) 852 deaths
* {{MV|Cebu City}} – (2 December 1994) 140 deaths
* {{MV|Bukoba}} – (21 May 1996) 894 deaths
* {{MV|Princess of the Orient}} – (18 September 1998) 150 deaths
* {{MS|Express Samina}} – (26 September 2000) 81 deaths
* {{MV|Le Joola}} – (26 September 2002) 1,863 deaths
* {{MV|Princess of the Stars}} – (21 June 2008) 814 deaths
* {{MV|Spice Islander I}} – (10 September 2011) 1,573 deaths
* {{MV|Rabaul Queen}} – (2 February 2012) 88–223 deaths
* {{MV|Skagit}} – (18 July 2012) 150 deaths
* {{MV|St. Thomas Aquinas}} – (16 August 2013) 137 deaths
* [[Sinking of MV Sewol|MV ''Sewol'']] – (16 April 2014) 304 deaths
* [[Sinking of MV Nyerere|MV ''Nyerere'']] – (20 September 2018) 228 deaths
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