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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
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]
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
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1943 Ship State Description Hankow Maru Imperial Japanese Army World War II: Convoy Wewak No. 7: The Shanghai Maru-class auxiliary transport (4,104 t) was bombed and sunk at Wewak, New Guinea) by North American B-25 Mitchell and Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft of the United States Army Air
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Five crew were killed. On 23 May 2014 Hai Wei Gong 889 ( Cambodia) was detained for illegally salvaging her wreck, with the wreck completely removed. [17] [289] [290] El Sayeda Egypt: World War II: The sailing ship (68 GRT) was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon by U-596 ( Kriegsmarine). The crew had left the ...