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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 ...
Principessa Mafalda – On 25 October, the ocean liner sank off the coast of Brazil after its propeller shaft fractured and damaged its hull. It sank slowly in the presence of rescue vessels, but panic among passengers and crew caused the deaths of 314 of the 1,265 aboard. 314 1999 China
Mary Rose – The warship sank in the Battle of the Solent on 19 July. 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: Revenge – After being captured in battle, the English galleon was lost in a storm near the Azores. An estimated 200 Spanish sailors ...
On 23 March an unnamed ship was sunk by a wave off the coast of Cameroon with 127 of the 150 on board killed. [22] 127 2011 Russia: Bulgaria – sank on 10 July in a storm on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga river near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, while sailing from Bolgar to Kazan. Of the 201 people aboard 122 died. 122 2013 Philippines
A V25-class torpedo boat sunk by a mine near Ruhnu in the Gulf of Riga during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga. Sivuch Imperial Russian Navy: 19 August 1915 A Gilyak-class gunboat sunk by the Imperial German Navy battleships Nassau and Posen in the Gulf of Riga during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga. Slava Imperial Russian Navy: 17 October 1917
But the massive ocean liner, which is bigger than the Titanic, had a massive problem. The SS United States travels down New York's Hudson River as it begins its first voyage to Europe in July 1952 ...
The SS United States may be sunk in the near future, but its memories live on through those who experienced it.. Despite great efforts to revamp the iconic ocean liner, following a lawsuit, the SS ...
Ocean liner United Kingdom: 7 May 1915: SM U-20 Germany: 1,200 [6] Takachiho Maru Ocean liner Japan: 19 March 1943: USS Kingfish United States: 1,200 [28] KongÅ: Battleship or battlecruiser Japan: 21 November 1944: USS Sealion United States: 1,188 [29] Yasukuni Maru: Troopship Japan: 24 January 1944: USS Trigger United States: 1,184 [13 ...