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2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea
1997 Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77 1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed 1994 Achille Lauro sinks off the coast of Somalia 1994 Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed 1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die 1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed 1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths 1988 Typhoon Ruby sinks Philippine ferry; hundreds drown 1988 Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil 1987 Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die 1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1986 Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die 1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed 1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1970 S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed 1969 U.S. nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco 1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed) 1967 Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat 1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1965 "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82 1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston 1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1957 Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 1956 U.S.S.R. single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks 1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Stockholm 1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1952 Flying Enterprise sinks 1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) 1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die 1945 Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550 1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier 1945 U.S. jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack 1944 U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1944 Vice-Admiral Kurita's sailboat Atago sinks 1944 HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java 1944 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1944 Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas 1944 U-575 sinks Asphodel 1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic 1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland 1944 Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean 1943 German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea 1943 U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-220 sinks 1943 Destroyer Itchen torpedoed and sinks 1943 Destroyer Keppel sinks U-229 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-338 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-341 1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island 1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands 1943 Sunderland seaplanes sinks U-706 and U-106 1943 British air raid sinks U-435 1943 British air raid sinks U-232 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-517 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-628 1943 Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126 1943 Halifax bombers sinks U-463 1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta 1943 German U-384 bombed and sinks 1943 Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks 1943 James Oglethorpe (U.S.) and Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed and sinks 1943 Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks 1943 Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed and sinks 1943 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month 1943 USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean 1942 German scout ship Altmark explode and sinks off Yokohama 1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz 1942 British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed and sinks 1942 Dianthus sinks U-379 1942 Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210 1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island 1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast 1942 German submarine U-585 sinks 1941 German submarine U-567 sinks 1941 German submarine U-574 sinks 1941 German submarine U-434 sinks 1941 German submarine U-127 sinks 1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis 1941 German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia 1941 German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean 1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die 1940 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton) 1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa 1940 German U-47 sinks airship Balmoral 1940 German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker 1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks 1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed 1939 German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die 1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more 1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) 1928 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110 1928 French sun "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 1927 U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard 1926 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 1922 "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90 1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die 1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3 1915 Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272 1915 Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam 1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland 1915 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom 1915 German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1915 Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin 1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die 1914 British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland 1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser 1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 1912 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die 1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die 1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die 1901 SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70 1900 Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in San Francisco Bay 1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed 1895 SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed 1891 British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574 1883 SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die 1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die 1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die 1878 French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed 1878 England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die 1878 German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed 1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed 1874 Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1873 Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die 1870 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1866 Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1864 Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks 1864 Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic" 1863 Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 1862 Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico 1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1859 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard 1858 Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1854 "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300 1854 Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board 1854 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die 1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 1852 Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard 1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1837 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100 1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 1828 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard 1817 English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia 1810 British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 1805 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast 1776 Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane 1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed 1600 Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die 1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet 1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople |
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