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A non-exhaustive listing of ships which have sunk as a result of striking ice masses of larger than "growler" or pack size (such collisions with minor ice are comparatively common, usually resulting in less damage).
The only piece of wreckage ever recovered was a lifebuoy which washed ashore on Iceland and was discovered on 7 October 1959, some nine months after the ship sank. [5] The ship sank with parish registers from parishes of Greenland, which were meant to be deposited in archives in Denmark, causing a major loss for Greenlandic genealogy .
This ship and its story is seemingly one of the inspirations for the setting events in Jacques Tardi's graphic novel, Le démon des glaces (The Demon of Ice), 1974. [5] Set in 1889, a passenger ship named L'Anjou is passing through the Barents Sea when it has a fatal encounter with another called The Iceland Loafer, which has somehow become frozen atop a huge iceberg.
Pages in category "Ships sunk by icebergs" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
A photograph can be worth more than 1,000 words -- especially if it's an image related to the Titanic.
The iceberg photographed on the morning of 15 April by the chief steward of the Prinz Adalbert who, before even learning of the collision, noticed a red smear along the iceberg's base 'Iceberg' at the Titanic Museum in Branson, Missouri, whose building is modeled on the famous ship. The unnamed iceberg that sank the Titanic collided with the ...
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story. JOHN FLESHER. March 1, 2023 at 10:11 AM.
A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel ...