2013 Event Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2012 Event Two survivors are found trapped inside the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany January 13 2011 Event Off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, the MV Rena container ship runs aground, causing a large oil spill and affecting wildlife in the Bay of Plenty 2010 Event Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia 1992 Event Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill 1989 Event Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil 1986 Event U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1985 Event ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA 1976 Event Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground 1947 Event SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392 1944 Event Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground 1921 Event Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 1913 Event German passenger ship Imperator runs aground 1862 Event Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London 1859 Event Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die 1816 Event French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas 1765 Event Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground 1678 Event French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao