RMS Titanic – A British ocean liner and, at the time, the world's largest ship. On 14 April, on its maiden voyage, it struck an iceberg, buckling part of its hull and causing it to sink during the early hours of 15 April.

TT Seawise Giant —earlier Oppama; later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, and Mont —was a ULCC supertanker and the longest self-propelled ship in history. It was built in 1974–1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. The ship possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded.

This is an index of lists of shipwrecks, sorted by different criteria. World War I was 1914–1918. World War II was 1939–1945. This article includes a transport-related list of lists.

On April 27, 1865, the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history occurred when the side-wheel steamship SS Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River just north of Memphis, Tennessee.

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In this article, we will explore more about ten of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Most of these did not result in a loss of lives, but a few, such as the sinking of the RMS Titanic and MS Estonia, met tragic ends while en route to their destinations.

The Royal Mail Ship Titanic. The RMS Titanic might be the most famous shipwreck of all. Her sinking captured public imagination because she was the largest liner of her time and she was on her maiden voyage when she struck an iceberg in 1912. The wreck of the RMS Titanic is located 370 miles southeast of the coast of Newfoundland.

Our countdown of the biggest shipwrecks of all time includes HMS Victory (1744), SS Castillo de Olite (1939), SS Sultana (1865), SS Kiangya (1948), The Spanish Armada (1588), and more!

The ship collided with an iceberg and sank, killing about 1,500 passengers and ship personnel, and 700 survived. The Titanic was known for being the largest ship in the world at the time and for its captain disregarding warnings of ice on the route.

2021年11月23日 · The largest cruise ship ever built at the time, 1911, the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, United States, on 10 April 1912, carrying over 2,200 people as passengers and crew.