A jolly good ship launch is a glorious sight to behold. The moment when it is poised and ready to rush suddenly down the lubed-up launch track is exhilarating and full of anxiety for everyone watching. Will it land safely? Will it float? Were all the calculations correct? All exciting and valid questions and then the release and suddenly it’s all about the huge splash and massive wave that follow. Such fun. So what about when these things go wrong? And they sometimes do…
From a fancy ocean liner tanking it before it even got into the harbour, to a multi-million dollar yacht tipping over seconds after she was launched, here are 20 Ship Launches That Went Horribly Wrong.
