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2. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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   1,490–1,635. RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.

3. Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Wikipedia

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   While it was still possible to board the lifeboats on the port side, lowering them presented a different problem. As was typical for the period, the hull plates of Lusitania were riveted, and as the lifeboats were lowered they dragged on the inch-high rivets, which threatened to seriously damage or capsize the boats before they landed in the water.

4. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World ...

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   Though partially protected by chemical smoke, a timely rain squall, and valiant counterattacks of screening destroyers and destroyer escorts, she took the first of 15 direct hits at 07:50. Fired from an enemy battleship, the large-caliber shell (14-inch or 16-inch) struck the starboard side of the hangar deck just abaft the forward elevator.

5. HMS Implacable (R86) - Wikipedia

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   The belt was closed by 1.5 to 2-inch transverse bulkheads fore and aft. The underwater defence system was a layered system of liquid- and air-filled compartments as used in the Illustrious class. The magazines for the 4.5-inch guns lay outside the armoured citadel and were protected by 2 to 3-inch roofs, 4.5-inch sides and 1.5 to 2-inch ends. [18]

6. RMS Laconia (1921) - Wikipedia

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   RMS Laconia (1921) RMS. Laconia. (1921) RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 Laconia. The new ship was launched on 9 April 1921, and made her maiden voyage on 25 May 1922 from Southampton to New York City. At the outbreak of the Second World War she was converted into ...

7. Atlanta-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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   On trial the Atlanta made 33.67 knots (62.36 km/h; 38.75 mph) and 78,985 shp (58,899 kW). The ships of the Atlanta class had thin armor: a maximum of 3.75 inches (95 mm) on their sides covering machinery and magazines, with the 5-inch gun mounts being protected by only 1.25 inches (32 mm) and the conning tower by 2.5 inches (64 mm). [2]