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This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Indian Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Indian Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Great Australian Bight, the Mozambique Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and the Timor Sea
Belitung shipwreck; Bengal (1799 EIC ship) Boyne (1877 ship) Bredenhof; HMS Brilliant (1757) Burmah (ship) C. Calcutta (1798 EIC ship) Caledonia (1795 ship)
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of India" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
In January 2006, the Supreme Court of India temporarily prohibited the Clemenceau from entering the port. [21] Attempts to reach a settlement were unsuccessful, and Clemenceau was sent to a ship-breaking harbour in Britain instead. On 15 January, a court ruling by France's Conseil d'État ordered Clemenceau to return to French waters. [22]
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Pages in category "Shipwrecks in the Bay of Bengal" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
A French liner belonging to the Messageries Maritimes fleet that collided with Onda (British India Steam Navigation Company) due to thick fog, and sank 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off Singapore. 101 died, while many of the 61 who survived suffered grave wounds when attacked by sharks, prior to being saved by the crew of Onda.
Based on the contents of the shipwreck, including an array of luxury items and currencies, archaeologist Dieter Noli and other scholars believe the ship was on course for western India from its home port in Lisbon, Portugal around the southern tip of Africa, a common route for similar Portuguese nau during this time that carried the same cargo. [1]