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Lost on 8 September 1914, ran aground. RMS Oceanic was one of the rescue vessels that retrieved bodies from the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Olympic: Rammed U-103 on 12 May 1918, the only known incident in World War I in which a merchant vessel sank an enemy warship. Ophir: Converted to Hospital Ship in 1918.
It closely missed Lightoller and created a wave that washed the boat 50 yards (46 m) clear of the sinking ship. [172] Those still on Titanic felt her structure shuddering as it underwent immense stresses. As first-class passenger Jack Thayer [175] described it: Occasionally there had been a muffled thud or deadened explosion within the ship.
Soviet cargo ship "Tixi" sunk with all of its crew during a storm in the Devils' Sea on March 22 en route from Australia to Japan. 45 1902 New Zealand: Elingamite – The ship, carrying a large consignment of gold, was wrecked off the north coast of New Zealand killing 45 people. The wreck is now favoured by adventurous divers for the drama ...
Sinking Ship Entertainment was founded by Ryerson University graduates J. J. Johnson, Blair Powers, and Matt Bishop in 2004. [5] The name "Sinking Ship" was chosen when Johnson and Powers were pitching a project in their final year at Ryerson and trying to convince their peers to pick up the remaining crew roles.
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April 7, 1990: Having been erroneously informed the ship was evacuated, Captain Hugo Larsen abandoned MS Scandinavian Star after arson caused the ship to burn. 159 people died. August 3–4, 1991: Captain Yiannis Avranas of the cruise ship MTS Oceanos abandoned ship without informing passengers that the ship was sinking. All 571 people on the ...
The cargo ship, carrying 4,000 metric tons (3,900 long tons; 4,400 short tons) of bran, 70 tons of fuel oil and 50 tons of diesel from Yemen to Port Tawfik, Egypt, began sinking after taking on seawater in the engine room in the Red Sea off Al-Qusayr, Egypt after running aground ten days earlier. All 21 crew were safely rescued.
The ship was lying on her port side, nearly forty metres below the surface. Diesel and oil were drained from the ship. All the cabins were sealed and a huge fence was erected on the seabed to prevent any wreckage from drifting away. A crane lifted the bow of the ship five degrees so that thirty-three lifting beams could be placed underneath.