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The Star of Bengal was ordered by shipping company J.P. Corry & Co., which was founded in Belfast and headquartered in London. [4] [11] At the time of her launch on January 3, 1874, [14] the Star of Bengal was the largest vessel in gross tonnage in service of J.P. Corry & Co. (in December 1874, she was surpassed by the 1,981 GT Star of Russia).
Star of Bengal – On 20 September, in the beginning of its return trip from Fort Wrangell to San Francisco, the ship was in tow into the open sea when it encountered a storm. The ship struck the rocks near the shore of Coronation Island and sunk, killing approximately 110 of 138 people aboard. 110 1940 Italy
Star of Bengal; T. TSS The Queen; Thomas Friant (ship) HMS Tiger (1900) Y. USS Yankee (1892) SS Yarmouth (1903)
Star of Germany: Star of Bengal: 1874: A 262-foot (80 m) ship of 1870 tons. She was sold in 1898 to the Alaska Packers' Association and sunk with the loss of 110 lives at Coronation Island, Alaska on 20 September 1908. Star of Bengal: Star of Russia: 1874: A 262-foot (80 m) ship of 1981 tons.
“Our mission is to preserve the lights and stations that warned mariners and to honor those who perished in shipwrecks,” said Bruce Lynn, executive director for the Great Lakes Shipwreck ...
The Russian-American Company ship (also spelled Kad’iak and Kodiak; formerly Myrtle), wrecked at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu. [7] USS LST-480 United States Navy: 21 May 1944 A tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor. USNS Mission San Miguel United States: 8 October 1957 A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef. USS S-28
On 17 January 1994, the crew aboard American Star was rescued by helicopter. The ship was left adrift. At 6:15 a.m. on 18 January, the ship went aground at Playa de Garcey, off the west coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. [citation needed] Wreck of American Star in March 1995, 14 months after running aground
This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Indian Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Indian Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Great Australian Bight, the Mozambique Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and the Timor Sea