From Titanic To Lusitania: 5 Famous Shipwrecks

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1May 2024

Over the years, many ships have met their untimely end, leaving behind tales of their voyages. Here are the 5 most famous shipwrecks


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1. MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military transport ship was sunk by a Soviet submarine on January 30, 1945


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More than 9,000 passengers were killed, making it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history


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2. MV Dona Paz, a Japanese-built and Philippine-registered passenger ferry, sank after it collided with the oil tanker Vector on December 20, 1987


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An estimated total of 4,386 people died in the disaster and only 26 were rescued


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3. On April 15, 1912, RMS Titanic sank during the maiden voyage of the British luxury passenger liner en route from Southampton, England, to New York City


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The ship collided with an iceberg and sank, killing about 1,500 passengers and ship personnel, while 700 survived


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4. RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner was torpedoed and sank by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, en route from New York to Liverpool


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The event contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I, and resulted in the drowning of 1,198 people


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5. USS Arizona, an American battleship, sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Over 1,177 crew members were killed


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