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1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill

1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil

1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea

1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA

1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground

1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392

1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground

1921 Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000

1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground

1862 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London

1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die

1816 French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas

1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

1678 French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao


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