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Columbia was the first ship to carry a dynamo to power electric lights instead of oil lamps and the first commercial use of electric light bulbs outside of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory. [8] [9] [10] Columbia was lost on 21 July 1907 after a collision with the lumber schooner San Pedro ( United States) off Shelter Cove ...
Ships are usually declared lost and assumed wrecked after a period of disappearance. The disappearance of a ship usually implies all hands lost. Without witnesses or survivors, the mystery surrounding the fate of missing ships has inspired many items of nautical lores and the creation of paranormal zones such as the Bermuda Triangle.
"On the night of June 6, 1853, the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon ran aground 500 feet off shore of the central California coast. The area is now called Pigeon Point in her honor. The Carrier Pigeon was a state-of-the art, 19th Century clipper ship. She was 175 feet long with a narrow, 34 foot beam and rated at about 845 tons burden.
Plane disappeared 83 minutes into the flight from Toledo Suburban airport, north of Grand Rapids. No evidence of a crash, plane or pilot has ever been found. [186] November 21, 1993: Cessna 172I (N35549) 1: Unknown Michigan (presumed Lake Michigan) Lost enroute from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [187] October 2, 1994: Aero ...
List of Allied ships lost to Italian surface vessels in the Mediterranean (1940–43) List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy List of United States Navy losses in World War II
Sixteen carriers were lost to the air groups of enemy aircraft carriers, and five were sunk to land based aircraft. Ten were sunk in non combat zones, six were sunk as target ships, one was scuttled to prevent capture, one was sunk as a block ship, one sank to an internal explosion, and one was scuttled after scrapping was refused.
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
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