Mayakovsky (ship)
| Date | 13 August 1950 |
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| Location | Daugava |
| Cause | Vessel overloaded |
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On August 13, 1950 the steamer Mayakovsky (named for Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky) sank at around 12:00pm local time due overloading the vessel with too many people. Mayakovsky sank in the center of Riga, just 12-15 meters from the present day site of the Stone Bridge. A total of 147 people died, including 48 children. It was the deadliest peacetime disaster in Soviet Latvian history.