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Ships

  • 27 Jan 2024

    Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, embarked on its maiden voyage from Miami.

  • 9 Feb 2001

    A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.

  • 20 Jul 1997

    The USS Constitution set sail for the first time in 116 years.

  • 28 Sep 1994

    Passenger ferry Estonia sinks, killing 852.

  • 5 Jan 1993

    The MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands.

  • 4 Aug 1991

    Greek-owned cruise ship 'Oceanos' sank off the coast of South Africa due to uncontrollable flooding.

  • 7 Apr 1990

    An arson attack on the passenger ferry 'Scandinavian Star' kills 159.

  • 7 Apr 1989

    The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.

  • 24 Mar 1989

    Oil tanker 'Exxon Valdez' runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

  • 6 Mar 1987

    193 people die when a ferry capsizes in the North Sea.

  • 1 Sep 1985

    The Wreck of the sunk ship Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

  • 15 Aug 1985

    Richard Branson's attempt at obtaining the fastest Atlantic crossing ended when his speed boat crashed.

  • 10 Jul 1985

    Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, sinks.

  • 27 May 1984

    The Danube-Black Sea Canal was opened.

  • 2 May 1982

    The British Royal Navy sinks the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano.

  • 19 Dec 1981

    The crew of the Union Star lost their lives along with all eight lifeboat volunteers who tried to save them.

  • 3 Mar 1980

    The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was decommissioned in California.

  • 14 Jan 1969

    An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.

  • 23 Dec 1968

    After eleven months of imprisonment, 83 men from the US Navy were released by North Korea.

  • 10 Feb 1964

    Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.

  • 10 May 1960

    An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.

  • 11 Jun 1959

    Christopher Cockerell first presents the hovercraft.

  • 9 Jun 1959

    The first ballistic missile submarine was launched from Groton, Connecticut, US.

  • 31 May 1942

    Imperial Japan began a series of submarine attacks on Sydney.

  • 9 May 1941

    German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy, who found an Enigma cipher machine onboard.

  • 9 Jul 1917

    Several internal explosions inside Britain's HMS Vanguard battleship occurred at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

  • 7 May 1915

    A German U-Boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.

  • 25 Mar 1915

    The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.

  • 26 Feb 1914

    The HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, was launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

  • 18 Apr 1912

    705 survivors of the Titanic arrived in New York City on board the Cunard Liner Carpathia.

  • 15 Apr 1912

    The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.

  • 10 Apr 1912

    The Titanic departed Southampton for its first and only journey.

  • 31 May 1911

    The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.

  • 23 Jan 1909

    A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.

  • 7 Jul 1908

    The famous Great White Fleet left San Francisco to continue its around-the-world journey.

  • 16 Nov 1907

    The Great White Fleet began its worldwide navigation.

  • 10 Feb 1906

    The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.

  • 22 May 1903

    The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched at the Queen's Island in Belfast.

  • 12 Oct 1900

    The USS Holland (SS-1) became the first modern submarine commissioned for the United States Navy.

  • 11 Apr 1900

    The US Navy bought their first-ever submarine called the USS Holland or SS-1.

  • 7 Mar 1900

    The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.

  • 23 Aug 1899

    The first-ever message was sent from a ship to the shore at Cliff House, San Francisco.

  • 26 Nov 1898

    The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.

  • 19 Jun 1864

    The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France.

  • 19 Mar 1863

    The SS Georgiana, the largest ship in the Confederate States Navy, was sunk on her maiden voyage.

  • 19 Jul 1843

    Brunel's SS Great Britain ship was launched after taking four years to build.

  • 22 Dec 1810

    The British ship HMS Minotaur sunk, killing 480 people.

  • 17 Aug 1807

    The Clermont steamboat by Robert Fulton made its maiden trip up the Hudson River.

  • 30 Aug 1791

    HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.

  • 1 Feb 1788

    Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.

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