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The exploding torpedo set off the ship's ammunition and within a few minutes the cruiser sank along with her entire crew of 597. She was the first Russian warship sunk in World War I. 597 Navy 1914 Germany: SMS Gneisenau – A sister ship of SMS Scharnhorst, she was sunk in the same battle as her sister, by British cruisers, taking 596 men with ...
Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I (2 C, 236 P) I. World War I shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean (7 P) ... World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea (2 C, 190 ...
The wrecks were found more than a decade after researchers discovered the wreck of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, a famous German ship that was sunk during World War I, off the coast of Dakhla ...
A group of divers working off the coast of Scotland found the wreck of what's believed to be a World War I ship that sank with more than 500 sailors on board.
Among the many missing ships on the list are submarines, which have limited communication, and provide the crew almost no chance of survival if struck by disaster under water. The advancement of radar technology by the end of World War II and today's Global Positioning System make it more likely that a distressed vessel will be located.
Bill Milner, who grew up on the Neches River, found the remains of five ships in the low water. They turned out to be emergency freight vessels built of wood during World War I.
Pages in category "World War I naval ships" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Naval Institute Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. Gibbons, Tony (1983). The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers - A Technical Directory of all the World's Capital Ships from 1860 to the Present Day. London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd. p. 272. ISBN 0-517-37810-8.