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A wooden 3-masted full-rigged sailing ship that caught fire and sank south of the Cape of Good Hope, with a loss of 369 lives. [26: HMS Guardian Royal Navy: 24 December 1789 A 44-gun Roebuck-class ship laid down in 1780.
Meisho Maru Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: Convoy O 905: The Kibi Maru -class auxiliary transport ship was bombed or torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 45 miles north west of New Hanover off Queen Charlotte Island ( 02°20′S 146°42′E / 2.333°S 146.700°E / -2.333; 146.700 ) by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of ...
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1944 Ship State Description USS Donnell United States Navy World War II: Convoy CU 22: The Buckley-class destroyer escort was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 450 nautical miles (830 km) south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland by U-473 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 29 of her 213
The wreck remains on the bottom of the harbor as a memorial to all those who died that day. 1,177 Navy 1944 Japan: Rakuyo Maru – On 12 September the Japanese troopship, while part of Convoy HI-72 and transporting 1,317 Australian and British POWs from Singapore, was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by USS Sealion. 1,159
The wreck was raised and scrapped in situ in August 1947. [63] Ryuka Maru Japan: World War II: Convoy C-076: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Sulu Sea off Mindanao, Philippines by USS Bashaw ( United States Navy). 328 troops, two gunners and 16 crewmen were killed. [64]
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'Ferrari' features a car crash scene that's based on real-life events. Here’s what to know about the tragic crash and why it almost sent Enzo Ferrari to prison.
Tachibana Maru Imperial Japanese Navy: Second Sino-Japanese War:The Tachibana Maru class special hospital ship was sunk in Lake Poyang by Republic of China Air Force Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighter-bombers. Salvaged in September, towed to Shanghai for emergency repairs and then to Kobe for permanent repairs. Returned to civilian service 2 March 1939.