Mayakovsky (ship)

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Sinking of the steamer *Mayakovsky*
Date	13 August 1950
Location	Daugava
Cause	Vessel overloaded
Outcome	147 deaths

On August 13, 1950, the paddle steamer Mayakovsky^[1] (named for Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky) sank at around 12:00 pm local time due to overloading of the vessel with too many people. Mayakovsky sank in the Daugava River that bisects Riga, not more than 15 metres (49 ft) from the present day site of the Stone Bridge. A total of 147 people died, including 48 children. It was the deadliest peacetime disaster in Soviet Latvian history. At the time, Latvia was a republic within the Soviet Union, under the rule of Joseph Stalin, and news of the disaster was not published in the state-controlled press. On August 19, 2011, almost 20 years after the breakup of the Soviet Union and Latvia regaining its independence, a memorial plaque was dedicated at the Stone Bridge (the Akmens tilts) in memory of the victims.^[2]

References

^ Michael Taylor, Host of the "Channel of Catastrophe" podcast 2019-present Quora
^ "On the embankment a memorial was opened in memory of those who died on the steamer 'Mayakovsky'" (Article on Delfi, August 20, 2011, about the erection of a memorial plaque)

"Piemiņas plāksne kuģa „Majakovskij” katastrofā bojāgājušajiem" (Latvian)

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1950
Shipwrecks	12 Jan: HMS Truculent 12 Feb: Wing Hing 9 Mar: Pioneer 15 Mar: Sainte Anne 19 Jun: Santos 23 Jun: Fairwind 13 Aug: Mayakovsky 25 Aug: USS Benevolence 16 Sep: La Place Sep (unknown date): Breezin' Thru 12 Oct: USS Pirate, USS Pledge 7 Nov: Seniority 26 Nov: Selnes 1 Dec: I P Suhr 23 Dec: Santagata Unknown date: Ypiranga
Other incidents	15 Jan: HMS Thermopylae 17 Jan: USS Missouri (grounding) 24 Feb: Benledi 25 Aug: Mary Luckenbach 27 Sep: Liberté 11 Nov: Masterman 29 Nov: Shepperton Ferry 15 Dec: Etivebank Unknown date: USS Bugara
1949 1951

56°56′40″N 24°06′03″E / 56.94444°N 24.10083°E / 56.94444; 24.10083

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