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A schooner sunk by British forces near New Orleans. USS Covington United States Navy: 5 May 1864 A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria. El Cazador Spain: 1784 A Spanish brig carrying silver currency, sank 50 miles (80 km) south of New Orleans, discovered by a fishing trawler in 1993. El Nuevo Constante Spain: September 1766
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1950 Ship State Description Sachem United States: The 71-foot (22 m) tugboat sank in 85 feet (26 m) of water in Lake Erie 59,000 feet (18,000 m) from Dunkirk Light, Dunkirk, New York in a snow storm. Lost with all 12 crew. The wreck was raised on 22 October 1951. [102]
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Pages in category "Maritime incidents in 1950" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1952 Ship State Description Paolina United States The 60.39-gross register ton, 32.3-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was lost in the vicinity of Nantucket Lightship ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts.
In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of the doomed passenger liner’s bow, lying at the bottom of the North Atlantic ...
The R6D-1 was flying in a heavy rainstorm as it descended to land at Hickam early on 22 March 1955. At 2:03 a.m. local time while on its descent, the aircraft flew into 3,098-foot (944 m) Pali Kea Peak at the southern end of Oahu ' s Waianae Range, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Honolulu. Eyewitnesses reported that the pilot turned his landing ...