Just a few:

1981 January 27th. Java Sea: Indonesian passenger ship "Tamponas II" caught fire and sank; 580 people died

1983 May 25th. Egypt, Lake Nasser: Nile steamer "10th of Ramadan" caught fire and sank; 357 people died

1987 December 20th. Philippines, Tablas Strait, off Mindoro Island: the ferry "Dona Paz" (designed to carry 1,400 passengers and a crew of 50) crowded with approximately 3,000 passengers collided head-on with the tanker "Victor" loaded with 8,300 barrels of oil; in the subsequent explosion and fire at least 3,000 people died; only 24 passengers survived.

1990 April 7th. Europe East Sea, between Norway and Denmark: arson fire aboard the "Scandinavian Star"; 159 people died. An international panel concluded in 1991 that the ship, which had just been sold by the Miami-based SeaEscape cruise line to VR DaNo Lines of Denmark for use in a ferry service, had rotted life boats and missing or insufficient fire alarms. The ship had been certified safe by the U.S. Coast Guard and the London-based Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

1991 March 23rd. Atlantic Ocean, off Spain's Canary Islands: a fire started on board of the Finnish cruise ship "Eurosun", owned by Europe Cruise Line; the crew put out an SOS call but was able to bring the ship on its own power to the port of Las Palmas; none of the 300 people aboard were injured.

1991 July 14th. off the coast of Freeport Bahamas: a fire began in the engine room of the Walt Disney World owned "Majestic"; About 1,120 passengers and crew were called to their lifeboats and were prepared to abandon the ship while the crews fought the fire. The vessel was finally towed to Florida.

1994 November 30th. Indian Ocean, off Somalia: a fire broke out in an engine room of the "Achille Lauro" owned by Italy's Starlauro. Nearly 1,000 people were on board; 4 people died (2 elderly passengers during the evacuation, 1 aboard a rescue vessel, and the fourth was never found).

1995 June 18th. after a fire in the control room knocked out power the 2,560 passengers and crew aboard the Carnival Cruise Lines' "Celebration" drifted for two days with overflowing toilets and no running water. No one was injured, and passengers were transferred to the sister ship Ecstasy and brought back to Miami.

1995 July 22nd. Alaska, Prince William Sound: a fire that began in the engine room disabled the "Regent Star" owned by Regency Cruises and forced the evacuation of 1,280 passengers and crew. Two people sustained minor injuries.

1996 July 6th. Pacific Ocean, northwest coast of British Columbia: a fire broke out in the engine room of the "Golden Princess" during a cruise from San Francisco to Vancouver. About 1,200 passengers and crew were aboard vessel which was towed 60 miles to Victoria. None were injured.

1996 May 8th. off Freeport, Bahamas: a fire broke out in the engine room of the Discovery Cruise Lines' "Discovery 1"; none of the evacuated 800 passengers and 400 crew was injured.

1996 July 27th. Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Alaska: a fire on the San Francisco-based World Explorer Cruises' "Universe Explorer" with 732 people aboard was believed to have started in the laundry room; 5 crewmembers died of smoke inhalation and 70 people were injured