Famous Shipwrecks 1-22
21 entries in the Famous Shipwrecks compendium.
Famous Shipwrecks 1-22 — Era Chart
RMS TitanicBritish ocean liner that sank on her maiden voyage in 1912.RMS LusitaniaBritish ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.The BismarckBismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's KriegsmaUSS ArizonaBattleship sunk at Pearl Harbor; now a memorial.The Mary RoseThe Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was one of tThe VasaAs the world's best-preserved 17th-century ship, she provides invaluable insights into navRMS Empress of IrelandOcean liner that sank in 14 minutes after a collision.SS Edmund FitzgeraldLargest Great Lakes freighter lost with all 29 crew.MS EstoniaCosta ConcordiaItalian cruise ship that ran aground and capsized on 13 January 2012, killing 32.SS Andrea DoriaLuxury Italian liner that sank after collision in 1956.HMS HoodLargest warship for 20 years; lost in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.The Whydah GallyA slave ship turned pirate flagship, wrecked off Cape Cod.Queen Anne's RevengeBlackbeard's flagship, a captured French slaver turned pirate vessel.The San Jose galleonSan José was a 64-gun galleon of the Spanish Navy, commissioned by the Spanish Crown and bSS EastlandGreat Lakes passenger ship that capsized in 1915, killing 844.HMHS BritannicLargest hospital ship sunk by mine in 1916.MV Wilhelm GustloffSunk in January 1945, the deadliest isolated maritime disaster ever.USS IndianapolisPortland-class heavy cruiser sunk after delivering atomic bomb components.Shackleton's EnduranceThree-masted barquentine that sank but saved all 28 crew.The BataviaShe is known for her disastrous maiden voyage, which ended in shipwreck off Western Austra
Browse Famous Shipwrecks 1-22 in the interactive codex →