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Much like battlecruisers, battleships typically sank with large loss of life if and when they were destroyed in battle.The first battleship to be sunk by gunfire alone, [4] the Russian battleship Oslyabya, sank with half of her crew at the Battle of Tsushima when the ship was pummeled by a seemingly endless stream of Japanese shells striking the ship repeatedly, killing crew with direct hits ...
The list of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called ' pre-dreadnought battleship ', is not obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved in the period from 1875 to 1895.
Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.
Sultana, the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Because of the nature of maritime travel, there is often a substantial loss of life. This list covers those disasters where 30 or more lives were lost.
Rescue ships were unable to assist due to the continuing storm, and it sank on the night of 25 October. The only survivor found was a pet dog. The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia is to this day the worst maritime accident in the history of British Columbia and Alaska. 343 1970 South Korea: Namyoung-ho – The ferry sank on 15 December.
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The cause is unknown, but believed to have been due to water entering its open gunports. About 500 people were lost. 480–520 1591 England: HMS Revenge – After being captured in battle, the English galleon was lost in a storm near the Azores. An estimated 200 Spanish sailors who captured it were lost. 200 1678 France
Skagit – A small passenger ferry sank off Zanzibar due to rough weather and overcrowding. 150 2012 Papua New Guinea: Rabaul Queen – Overloaded ferry capsized on the morning of 2 February, due to rough conditions in the Solomon Sea.