Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain DisastersPopular Culture The King's Cross fire was the worst in British transport history. Share Most Recent 10 facts about the Cutty Sark 6 deadliest raids from the Blitz How Jesse Owens defied Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics The 5 largest empires from history More from HISTORY The Windscale Fire: Britain's worst nuclear disaster in history Live Aid: The day music changed the world Science vs parapsychology: A closer look at 9/11 premonitions Zeebrugge ferry disaster: An entirely avoidable catastrophe