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She was the only seven-masted schooner, the only seven-masted sailing ship in modern times (see Zheng He's treasure ships), the largest schooner, and the largest pure sailing vessel, in terms of tonnage, ever built. Larger sailing vessels with auxiliary engines for propulsion were the British Great Eastern (1866), the French France II (1911 ...
Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It is sorted by overall length.
On 23 March an unnamed ship was sunk by a wave off the coast of Cameroon with 127 of the 150 on board killed. [22] 127 2011 Russia: Bulgaria – sank on 10 July in a storm on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga river near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, while sailing from Bolgar to Kazan. Of the 201 people aboard 122 died. 122 2013 Philippines
When launched on 7 June 1958, it was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and it remains the largest to have sunk there. 29 1978 West Germany: The MS München was a LASH carrier of the Hapag-Lloyd line that sank with all crew for unknown reasons in a severe storm on 13 December.
Great Republic, as originally built in 1853. Designed by naval architect and shipbuilder Donald McKay as a four-deck four-masted medium clipper barque, Great Republic—at 4,555 tons registry [4] —was intended to be the most profitable wooden sailing ship ever to ply the Australian gold rush and southern oceans merchant trade.
The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique in that their framing was made of American live oak, a particularly hardy genus that made very resilient hulls; as a result of this, the ships were known to withstand damage that would have scuppered frigates of other nations. American frigates were also very heavily armed ...
The vessel was near Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, when it was hit by an "unexpected wind gust," Royal Caribbean Cruises said in a statement. The wind caused the ship to ...
HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.