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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