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Based on this list, it was 34 fatalities from three duck boat sinkings: https://www.arnolditkin.com/blog/injury/dangerous-waters-a-summary-of-duck-boat-acciden

Based on this list, it was 34 fatalities from three duck boat sinkings: https://www.arnolditkin.com/blog/injury/dangerous-waters-a-summary-of-duck-boat-accident/ https://www.arnolditkin.com/blog/injury/dangerous-waters-a-s... There were other fatalities but in different circumstances, mainly on land. A quick Google turns up over a thirteen hundred dead in sinking incidents off Egypt in the last 20 years. Looks like Libya can't be far behind. They're in a completely different league and whilst generalisations can seen unpalatable it does seem tied to a careless approach to safety (as confirmed by all the mentions of safety equipment failure in the various incidents)

fwipsy 2y ago
Tangent: this article contains the claim regarding DUKWs on D-Day: "Only one boat made it to the beach—the rest sank, taking soldiers and supplies with them." From what I can find this seems to be highly inaccurate and while there were some sinkings, DUKW boats at D-Day seem to be generally considered to be successful. This error is egregious enough to call the author's overall trustworthiness into question for me.