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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.
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.
World War II: Convoy O 905: The Shunko Maru-class auxiliary transport (4,027 GRT, 1936) (a.k.a. Syunko Maru) was bombed or torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of New Hanover off Queen Charlotte Island by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. 30 passengers and 20 crew were killed
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
Anyo Maru #1 Japan The 190-foot (57.9 m) fishing trawler sank with the loss of 12 lives in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) south of Cape Navarin ( 62°16′40″N 179°05′46″E / 62.2778°N 179.0961°E / 62.2778; 179.0961 ( Cape Navarin ) ) on the coast of Siberia and 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi ...
The ships Akitsushima, Okikawa Maru, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Olympia Maru, Taiei Maru, Kyokuzan Maru, East Tangat Gunboat and Lusong Island Gunboat were sunk on September 24, 1944, by the third air fleet of US Task Force 38. [1] The wrecks can be reached in a one-hour drive from Coron by dive boat.
Tonan Maru No. 2 Imperial Japanese Navy: World War II: The Tonan Maru No. 2-class auxiliary oiler was torpedoed and sunk in shallow water inside Kavieng Harbour, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea by USS Amberjack ( United States Navy). She had been refloated by the end of November, and returned to service by end of the year. [67] [118]
Koshin Maru Japan: The 5,192-ton cargo ship which was either driven ashore or sunk by a tsunami. [37] Kyotoku Maru No. 18 Japan: The 60-metre (200 ft) fishing vessel was driven 500 metres (1,600 ft) (or 500 yards, 460 m) ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma. The vessel was later scrapped, beginning September 2013. [38] [39] [40] Kyotoku Maru No. 81 ...