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RMS Titanic – A British ocean liner and, at the time, the world's largest ship. On 14 April, on its maiden voyage, it struck an iceberg, buckling part of its hull and causing it to sink during the early hours of 15 April. Exactly 706 of its 2,208 passengers and crew survived. [11]
The ocean liners Orcades. SS Orduña: 1913 Scrapped in 1951 – Scotland S.S. Orduña in New York. SS Oregon: 1883 Collided with an unidentified schooner, and sank in 1886 off Long Island, New York S.S. Oregon: SS Oriana: 1959 Scrapped in 2005 S.S. Oriana in Vava'u, Tonga, circa 1985: RMS Orion: 1934 Scrapped in 1963 R.M.S. Orion: SS Oronsay: 1924
Year Country Description Deaths Image 1495 Denmark Gribshunden – Flagship of John, King of Denmark caught fire and burned down while in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Ronneby in southeastern Sweden, becoming one of the best-preserved shipwrecks from the late medieval period.
Despite great efforts to revamp the iconic ocean liner, following a lawsuit, the SS United States Conservancy entered into an agreement with Okaloosa County, Florida, to sink the mammoth ship and ...
But the massive ocean liner, which is bigger than the Titanic, had a massive problem. The SS United States travels down New York's Hudson River as it begins its first voyage to Europe in July 1952 ...
The grand ocean liner — over 100 feet longer than the Titanic — will be purposely sunk off the coast of Florida, where it will turn into the "world's largest artificial reef," according to the ...
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds.
A passenger liner that was sunk off Long Island following a collision with a schooner believed to be the Charles R. Morse: Rusland Belgium: 19 March 1877 The Belgian Red Star Line owned ocean liner ran aground at Long Island. All 125 passengers were taken ashore.