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[131] On 29 January 2012, scientists had become "very concerned" that the ship had moved 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) over six hours that day. [132] On 2 February, the ship shifted 8 centimetres (3 in) during seven hours. [133] Shifts and any high winds and high seas caused suspension of recovery and salvage operations. [132] [134]
Sovnarkom – on 10 May crashed into Novosibirsk railway bridge and sank in the Ob River, resulting in the death of at least 225 (according to other estimates, 400). 225–400 1906 Brazil: Aquidabã – an ironclad warship built during the mid-1880s. On 21 January, the powder magazine of the ship exploded, sinking it within three minutes. 212 ...
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. There was one survivor, a butcher from Rouen, and the loss was followed by 20 years of civil war over the English crown. 300 1647 Dutch Republic
Finally, it was able to sail the New York-Cobh-Le Havre–Southampton route that had been delayed by World War II. To many ship lovers, she was the most beautifully decorated liner to fly the American flag, [citation needed] smaller and more graceful than her much faster fleetmate, the SS United States, which debuted in 1952.
MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea while evacuating civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and the German-occupied Baltic states, and German military personnel from Gotenhafen (), as the Red Army advanced.
The ship lay upon her side for a minute or two, having seemingly run aground. Shortly afterwards at 02:10, about 14 minutes after the collision, the bow rose briefly out of the water and the ship finally sank. [31] Hundreds of people were thrown into the near-freezing water. The disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,012 people.
The ship was towed and beached. 33 people died while around 200 passengers were rescued. [51] 33 2012 Italy: Costa Concordia – The Italian cruise ship ran aground, capsized and sank in shallow waters on 13 January off the Isola del Giglio, killing 32 people (27 passengers and 5 crewmembers) out of 3,216 passengers and 1,013 crewmembers aboard. 32
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