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A wooden 3-masted full-rigged sailing ship that caught fire and sank south of the Cape of Good Hope, with a loss of 369 lives. [26: HMS Guardian Royal Navy: 24 December 1789 A 44-gun Roebuck-class ship laid down in 1780.
The ships Akitsushima, Okikawa Maru, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Olympia Maru, Taiei Maru, Kyokuzan Maru, East Tangat Gunboat and Lusong Island Gunboat were sunk on September 24, 1944, by the third air fleet of US Task Force 38. [1] The wrecks can be reached in a one-hour drive from Coron by dive boat.
World War II: Convoy O 905: The Shunko Maru-class auxiliary transport (4,027 GRT, 1936) (a.k.a. Syunko Maru) was bombed or torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of New Hanover off Queen Charlotte Island by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. 30 passengers and 20 crew were killed
Under the sea! Halle Bailey completely transformed for her role as Ariel in the upcoming reimagining of Disney’s The Little Mermaid — and sometimes felt like she was actually part of the ocean ...
The wreck remains on the bottom of the harbor as a memorial to all those who died that day. 1,177 Navy 1944 Japan: Rakuyo Maru – On 12 September the Japanese troopship, while part of Convoy HI-72 and transporting 1,317 Australian and British POWs from Singapore, was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by USS Sealion. 1,159
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1944 Ship State Description USS Donnell United States Navy World War II: Convoy CU 22: The Buckley-class destroyer escort was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 450 nautical miles (830 km) south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland by U-473 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 29 of her 213
Sennet "commenced hot pursuit" of No.8 Kotoshiro Maru. Lagarto likewise closed the range with the larger patrol vessel, opening up with her 40-millimeter guns at 2,000 yards (1,800 m); by 06:45, No.8 Kotoshiro Maru 's guns had fallen silent and she wallowed in the sea, burning fiercely, while No.3 Showa Maru likewise lay in extremis.
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru is a 2024 documentary feature film about the sinking of the Lisbon Maru during World War II, produced and directed by Fang Li, co-directed by Ming Fan and Lily Gong. It features Brian Finch, Tony Banham , Lin Agen, Dennis Morley, William Beningfield and family members of British prisoners of war who were captured ...