On 22nd December, 1810, HMS Minotaur was shipwrecked, with a loss of over 370 men... Read more »

On 1st April, 1873, RMS Atlantic struck rock and sank, killing over 540 people... Read more »

On 7th May, 1875, The German ocean liner SS Schiller sank, killing 335 people... Read more »

On 3rd July, 1883, The SS Daphne sank just after her naming and launch ceremony... Read more »

On 22nd February, 1901, The steamer SS City of Rio de Janeiro sank... Read more »

On 15th June, 1904, The General Slocum steamship sank, killing 1,021 people... Read more »

On 22nd January, 1906, The SS Valencia struck a reef near Vancouver Island, claiming over 100 lives... Read more »

On 15th April, 1912, RMS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, claiming over 1,500 lives... Read more »

On 29th May, 1914, RMS Empress of Ireland sank, claiming over 1,000 lives... Read more »

On 13th February, 1934, An experimental voyage of the Chelyuskin steamship ended when it was crushed by ice and sank... Read more »