2011 Event The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2011 Event In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive 2011 Event A tourist boat travelling off the coast of Baja California in Mexico sinks; 23 people are reported missing 2010 Event The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded off the coast of Louisiana two days ago, sinks; the wreck is leading crude oil and diesel at an alarming rate 2006 Event Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea 1997 Event Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77 1995 Event Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed 1994 Event Achille Lauro sinks off the coast of Somalia 1994 Event Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Event Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed 1993 Event Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die 1993 Event Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed 1991 Event Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1989 Event Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths 1988 Event Typhoon Ruby sinks Philippine ferry; hundreds drown 1988 Event Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil 1987 Event Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die 1987 Event Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1986 Event Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1986 Event Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die 1986 Event Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed 1986 Event Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 1976 Event Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1975 Event 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1970 Event S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed 1969 Event U.S. nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco 1968 Event Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand, 51 died 1967 Event Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat 1967 Event Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1965 Event "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 1964 Event Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1964 Event Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82 1964 Event Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1963 Event Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston 1960 Event Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1957 Event Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 1956 Event 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 Event Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Stockholm 1956 Event Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 1954 Event Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1952 Event Flying Enterprise sinks 1949 Event Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) 1948 Event SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die 1945 Event Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550 1945 Event Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 Event German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 Event U.S. jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack 1944 Event U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1944 Event Vice-Admiral Kurita's sailboat Atago sinks 1944 Event HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java 1944 Event Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1944 Event Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas 1944 Event U-575 sinks Asphodel 1944 Event U-358 sinks in Atlantic 1944 Event U-264 sinks off Ireland 1944 Event Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea 1943 Event U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-220 sinks 1943 Event Destroyer Itchen torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event Destroyer Keppel sinks U-229 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-338 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-341 1943 Event Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island 1943 Event Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands 1943 Event Sunderland seaplanes sinks U-706 and U-106 1943 Event British air raid sinks U-435 1943 Event British air raid sinks U-232 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-517 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-628 1943 Event Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126 1943 Event Halifax bombers sinks U-463 1943 Event German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta 1943 Event German U-384 bombed and sinks 1943 Event Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event James Oglethorpe (U.S.) and Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month 1943 Event USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean 1942 Event German scout ship Altmark explode and sinks off Yokohama 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz 1942 Event British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed and sinks 1942 Event Dianthus sinks U-379 1942 Event Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210 1942 Event USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island 1942 Event Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1942 Event Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast 1942 Event German submarine U-585 sinks 1941 Event German submarine U-567 sinks 1941 Event German submarine U-574 sinks 1941 Event German submarine U-434 sinks 1941 Event German submarine U-127 sinks 1941 Event British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore 1941 Event British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python 1941 Event British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis 1941 Event German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia 1941 Event German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 Event Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1941 Event German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean 1940 Event Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die 1940 Event 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton) 1940 Event British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa 1940 Event German U-47 sinks airship Balmoral 1940 Event German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker 1940 Event Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks 1940 Event German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 1939 Event German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed 1939 Event German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die 1939 Event German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 Event German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 Event British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard 1935 Event H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more 1932 Event British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) 1928 Event British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110 1928 Event French sun "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 1927 Event U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard 1926 Event Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 1922 Event "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90 1920 Event French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1918 Event British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 1918 Event U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1917 Event British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die 1916 Event French airship sinks British submarine D3 1915 Event Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272 1915 Event Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam 1915 Event German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland 1915 Event German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom 1915 Event German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight 1915 Event Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1915 Event Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin 1914 Event 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die 1914 Event British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland 1914 Event German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser 1913 Event Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 1912 Event "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 1912 Event Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on 1912 Event Over 1,500 people die when the British passenger ship, RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg 1912 Event Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die 1907 Event SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1907 Event Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, estimated 150 died 1902 Event British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die 1901 Event SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70 1900 Event Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in San Francisco Bay 1898 Event Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 1898 Event USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1895 Event Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die 1895 Event Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed 1895 Event SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed 1891 Event British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574 1883 Event SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die 1881 Event Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die 1881 Event River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die 1878 Event French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed 1878 Event England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die 1878 Event German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed 1875 Event German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed 1874 Event Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand 1873 Event British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1873 Event Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die 1870 Event Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1866 Event Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1866 Event Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1865 Event SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1864 Event Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks 1864 Event Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic" 1863 Event Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 1862 Event Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico 1861 Event 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1859 Event "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard 1858 Event Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1857 Event 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1854 Event "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300 1854 Event Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board 1854 Event Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die 1853 Event Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 1852 Event Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard 1852 Event British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1850 Event Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1841 Event Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1837 Event Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100 1833 Event "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 1828 Event 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard 1817 Event English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia 1810 Event British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 1805 Event Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1799 Event British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast 1776 Event Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1715 Event 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane 1657 Event Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1628 Event Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed 1600 Event Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die 1587 Event Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet 1559 Event 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1545 Event King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 1528 Event Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1453 Event Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
