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Seohae Ferry – was a passenger ship that sank near Wi-do island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. 292 1996 Malta: F174 – Severely overloaded and poorly maintained ship carrying migrants from South Asia, sank 19 miles off Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily. 283+
Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 – On 3 February, the roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry sank in the Red Sea en route from Duba, Saudi Arabia, to Safaga in southern Egypt. The ship was carrying 1,312 passengers and 96 crew. Of the total 1,408 on board, only 388 people survived. [3] 1,020 2008 Philippines
Of 107 passengers aboard, 21 survived. 86 1682 England: HMS Gloucester (1660) - wrecked off the port of Yarmouth while carrying James, Duke of York (who survived.) 150 1468 Finland: Hanneke Vrome - a hulk transporting passengers and valuable cargo sank off Raseborg, Finland in a storm on November 20, 1468. 180
The ship sank in 45 minutes. 806 men were rescued by the destroyer Massue, but 296, including Captain Delage, went down with the ship. 296 Navy 1915 United Kingdom: HMS Viknor – The naval auxiliary was with the 10th Cruiser Squadron commanded by Commander EO Ballantyne with 22 officers and 273 ratings.
The bomb, planted by members of the Jewish Haganah in the hope of disabling the ship, sank her instead. 260 were killed (209 bodies recovered), 172 injured. The surviving refugees were allowed to remain in Palestine. 260 Civilian 1940 United Kingdom: City of Benares – The passenger ship was sunk by U-48 on 17 September.
The state-of-the-art ship Le Lyonnais was built in 1855 for transatlantic passenger and mail service. The ship never made it home following its maiden voyage from Le Havre to New York in January 1856.
The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Atlantic Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas : the Baltic Sea , the Black Sea , the Caribbean Sea , the Gulf of Mexico , the English Channel , the Labrador Sea , the Mediterranean Sea , the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea ...
The captain and all 80 passengers abandoned ship in three boats and were lost. On 17 April, just as Comet was about to sink, the 17 crew members remaining aboard were rescued by the British barque Dauntless. 81 1825 British East India Company: Kent – On 1 March, in the Bay of Biscay, the East India Company ship caught fire, exploded, and sank ...