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1994 Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1959 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Massachusetts 1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1945 U.S. cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb 1945 Cruiser Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with atom bomb 1944 Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz 1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst 1943 New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal 1942 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb 1941 U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die 1931 Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel 1929 Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier 1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed 1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die 1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 1916 French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 1915 Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die 1915 Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany 1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed 1864 Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English 1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 1862 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London |
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