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The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Atlantic Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas : the Baltic Sea , the Black Sea , the Caribbean Sea , the Gulf of Mexico , the English Channel , the Labrador Sea , the Mediterranean Sea , the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea ...
Exact number of deaths unknown, reported only as many of the crew of 150. many of the crew of 150 1694 England: HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England
The ship was overcrownded and capsized at Almeirim. The exact number of fatalities remains unknown, but it is estimated between 150 and 300. [38] 150-300 1998 Philippines: Princess of the Orient – On 18 September, the ferry, while travelling from Manila to Cebu, sailed into Typhoon Vicki. It capsized at 12:55 pm near Fortune Island in ...
SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line, and second ship of the Oceanic-class. The ship operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at
List of shipwrecks of Europe. List of shipwrecks of France; List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom. List of shipwrecks of England; List of shipwrecks of North America. List of shipwrecks of Canada; List of shipwrecks of the United States. List of shipwrecks of California; List of shipwrecks of Florida; List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
However, the ship's momentum carried it forward until it hit a sandbar in water eight feet (2.4 m) deep less than half a mile from the beach. Flames quickly consumed the ship, burning to death anyone left aboard. Many passengers jumped into the water, where most drowned or were pulled under by other panicked passengers who could not swim. 241–289
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A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-48 about 130 nmi (240 km; 150 mi) northwest of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Clan Macwhirter: 27 August 1942: A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-156 about 170 nmi (320 km; 200 mi) northwest of Madeira, Portugal.