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Ship name Deaths 2007 Explorer: 0 1991 Finnpolaris: 0 1977 William Carson: 0 1959 Hans Hedtoft: 95 (all) 1923 Le Raymound: 2+ 1912 Titanic: 1496 1901 Islander: 40 1897 Vaillant [2] [3] 78 1894 Rose: 12 1893 Horn Head: 25 (all) [4] 1887 Susan: 6 1882 Western Belle: 13 1880 Edith Troop: 25 1875 Vicksburg: 42 1861 Canadian: 35 1857 John Gilpin: 0 ...
Seohae Ferry – was a passenger ship that sank near Wi-do island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. 292 1996 Malta: F174 – Severely overloaded and poorly maintained ship carrying migrants from South Asia, sank 19 miles off Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily ...
This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
Carpathia of 1903 (13,555 GRT) became famous for rescuing the survivors of the sinking of Titanic Not to be outdone, both White Star and Hamburg–America each ordered a trio of superliners. The White Star Olympic -class liners at 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h) and the Hapag Imperator -class liners at 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h) were larger and more ...
HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.
The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 14, 1912, after months of being declared the "unsinkable ship." The maritime disaster took the lives of approximately 1,500 people who either sank with ...
Today's modern cruise ships are mostly built with only a single funnel, and many military vessels no longer sport them at all. Soon, the remaining four-funnel liners seemed old. The first four-funnel liner to go was the Titanic when she sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. [6]
This is a list of ships that were lost on their maiden voyage. Naval ships. Vasa (1628) ... Titanic (1912) City of Honolulu (1922) Georges Philippar (1932)