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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 US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack

1944 U.S. air raid on Jap battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks

1944 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines

1944 Vice-adm 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 (Neth), torpedoed and sinks

1943 Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks

1943 Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Neth) 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 Russ 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, NZ

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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