There are a bunch of reports of maritime casualties here: http://emsa.europa.eu/marine-casualties-a-incidents.html http://emsa.europa.eu/marine-casualties-a-in

There are a bunch of reports of maritime casualties here: http://emsa.europa.eu/marine-casualties-a-incidents.html http://emsa.europa.eu/marine-casualties-a-incidents.html Grim reading, but gives you a feel for what can go wrong.