Accidents
- 1970 – On July 21 the Italian ship Fluvia sank close to the islands.
- 1971 – The Norwegian oil tanker Cerno deviated from course to the islands to wash the tanks and ran aground on the Selvagem Pequena Island. Three months later the oil tanker Morning Breeze sank near Selvagem Grande Island.
- 1973 – The merchant vessel Splendid Breeze sank near the islands.
- 1976 – Yacht Demeter sank near the islands.
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Famous quotes containing the word accidents:
“I can forgive even that wrong of wrongs,
Those undreamt accidents that have made me
Seeing that Fame has perished this long while,
Being but a part of ancient ceremony
Notorious, till all my priceless things
Are but a post the passing dogs defile.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)