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The Atlantic Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas: the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the English Channel, the Labrador Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the North Channel, the Norwegian Sea, and the waters of West Africa
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-183 about 200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) east of Sable Island, Canada. Empire Dawn: 11 September 1942: A cargo ship that was sunk by German auxiliary cruiser Michel west of Cape Town, South Africa.
English soldier and courtier Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed across the Atlantic in 1583, landing in what is now St. John's, Canada and claiming the land for England. His ship sank somewhere off the Azores during the return voyage and he drowned. [7] The first group attempting to found Roanoke Colony crossed in 1585, led by Ralph Lane.
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...
A cargo ship that ran aground near Western Blue Cut, after just five years of operation. Lord Amherst United Kingdom: 16 February 1778 A British armed transport and hospital ship that was wrecked on the western reefs. Madiana: 10 February 1903 A passenger steamer, formerly the Balmoral Castle, that struck a reef near Hamilton Harbour. "Manilla ...
List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy; List of Allied ships lost to Italian surface vessels in the Mediterranean (1940–43) List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy; List of United States Navy losses in World War II
All five men on board the missing Titan submersible were declared dead after it was found that the craft imploded near the site of the shipwreck, authorities announced Thursday.. OceanGate ...
Ran aground near Chicomacomico. Stormy Petrel: 1864 Iron-hulled sidewheel blockade runner; sunk at Kure Beach. [6] Suloide Brazil: 26 March 1943 Brazilian cargo ship; sank after striking the submerged wreck of W. E. Hutton. Tamaulipas United States: 10 April 1942 American tanker; torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-552. [48