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Principessa Mafalda – On 25 October, the ocean liner sank off the coast of Brazil after its propeller shaft fractured and damaged its hull. It sank slowly in the presence of rescue vessels, but panic among passengers and crew caused the deaths of 314 of the 1,265 aboard.
Sank in the Indian Ocean on October 21, 2000, while being towed to Alang, India for scrap MV Moonta: 1931 Lydia (1955–1966) Le Lydia (1966–) Beached as a tourist attraction in Le Barcarès, France Le Lydia as a tourist attraction: SS Nitta Maru: 1939 Chūyō (1942–1943) Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1943, by the USS Sailfish: SS ...
RMS Empress of Ireland was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914.
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 ...
The RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.
She was a scheduled passenger liner from Kumai in Central Kalimantan to Tanjung Emas port in Semarang, Central Java. About 22 nautical miles (40 km) off Mandalika island, she sank in a fierce storm in the Java Sea. At least 400–500 people are thought to have died; 224 were rescued. 400–500 2015 Libya
The Titanic’s wreckage two and a half miles below the Atlantic Ocean rested unseen by human contact for nearly 75 years, until Bob Ballard’s expedition discovered the infamous ocean liner’s ...
RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province corresponding to modern Portugal and portions of western Spain) was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.