Maiden voyage
For other uses, see Maiden Voyage (disambiguation).
The maiden voyage of a ship, aircraft or other craft is the first journey made by the craft after shakedown. A number of traditions and superstitions are associated with it.
Ships lost during maiden voyage
Naval ships
- Vasa (1628)
- Georgiana (1863)
- Flach (1866)
- Posidonia (1940)1
- Bismarck (1941)1
- Dinsdale (1942)1
- Shinano (1944)1
Passenger ships and cargo liners
- Amazon (1851)
- Tayleur (1854)
- Titanic (1912)
- Georges Philippar (1932)
- Magdalena (1949)
- Hans Hedtoft (1959)
- Zenobia (1980)
Cargo ships
- Batavia (1629)
- Fortuyn (1723)
- Amsterdam (1749)
- Carrier Pigeon (1852)
- Crescent City (1871)2
- Catherine Griffiths (1875)
- Irex (1890)
- Hastier (1919)
- Adolf Vinnen (1923)
- Île de Los (1935)
- Joseph Medill (1935)
- Mim (1939)
- Empire Thunder (1941)1
- Michael E (1941)1
- Alexander Macomb (1942)1
- Derryheen (1942)1
- Empire Clough (1942)1
- Empire Drum (1942)1, 2
- Empire Dryden (1942)1, 2
- Empire Spenser (1942)1
- Fort Good Hope (1942)1
- Fort la Reine (1942)1
- George Calvert (1942)1
- George Thatcher (1942)1
- Sam Houston (1942)1
- San Victorio (1942)1
- Stangarth (1942)1
- Stephen Hopkins (1942)1
- Bloody Marsh (1943)1
- Fort Cedar Lake (1943)1
- Haakon Jarl (1943)1
- John Morgan (1943)1
- J. Pinckney Henderson (1943)
- Kherzon (1943)
- Matt W. Ransom (1943)1, 3
- Molly Pitcher (1943)1
- John A. Treutlen (1944)1
- Union Star (1981)2
- Ranga (1982)
- Reijin (1988)
Racing yachts
- Mohawk (1876)
Footnotes
- 1 = Due to enemy action.
- 2 = Maiden revenue-earning voyage.
- 3 = Constructive total loss
See also
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