Over the course of the night, 1, lost their lives to the flames and burning water. Although there is no proof, some believe the Confederate army blew up the ship, thinking the war was not yet over. If true, the incident was one of the deadliest terror attacks on US soil, according to History. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App.
Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Frank Olito. While the Titanic is the most famous maritime disaster, it's not the deadliest. The Wilhelm Gustloff is the deadliest in history, killing 9, people when it sank in Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
In , the Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed, becoming the deadliest boat disaster in history. The SS Kiangya sunk in , killing thousands of Chinese refugees on board. The Fogelman family and others put together log rafts and paddled out to rescue the remaining 25 men from the burning decks of the Sultana, and former Confederate soldiers pulled men from the frigid water onto the banks.
Although the Sultana shipwreck was a horrific incident, the effort of Confederates to rescue Union soldiers from the wreck was the beginning of the reunification of the United States. Skip to content April 27, marks the th anniversary of the explosion and subsequent sinking of the steamboat Sultana.
The Daily Chronicle. May 6, Erika L. RMS Titanic measured The cruise ship was equipped with 20 lifeboats for 1, people. She was considered the largest, fastest and most luxurious ship in the world at the time of her launch in June The German submarine targeted the submarine as a naval ship, as it was also carrying war weapons for the British. RMS Lusitania had an overall length of It was designed to accmmodate 2, passengers and crew members. It was equipped with four kW generator sets and possessed a service speed of 25k and a maximum speed of It was the second major cruise ship disaster after the Titanic disaster.
Just five of the 42 lifeboats could be launched into the water due to the listing of the vessel on her starboard side. The ocean liner was launched in January and completed her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Montreal in June The cruise ship was m long, its beam measured 20m and gross tonnage was 14,t. The ship was equipped with two steam engines and two quadruple expansion propellers, which provided a maximum operating speed of 20k.
MS Estonia MS Estonia, formerly known as Viking Sally, Silja Star and Wasa King during different periods from to , sank in September during its voyage from Tallinn to Stockholm, resulting in deaths, while people were saved through rescue operations. The cruise ferry accident was caused by rough sea conditions in the Baltic Sea, when wind speeds ranged from 35mph to 45mph.
The bad sea conditions forced the ship to initially list on the starboard side and later sink completely. The ferry was constructed by Meyer Werft at its shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, in The vessel was operated by EstLine from to MS Estonia measured The German liner sank within 90 minutes, about 12 nautical miles off Stolpe Bank near present-day Poland. Historians now estimate that only about 1, of the approximately 10, people aboard the Gustloff survived, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in history.
In the aftermath, the world learned little about the disaster for a variety of reasons. The Nazi regime kept news of the sinking out of the headlines and censored survivors, and some survivors kept quiet because they felt guilty about their German heritage and the atrocities Nazi Germany had inflicted on millions of people.
After the collision, fire broke out on the Mont Blanc, which soon ran aground on the Halifax waterfront, where a crowd had gathered to watch the burning ship. About 20 minutes after the collision, the fire ignited the 2, tons of explosives the Mont Blanc was transporting and sparked a massive blast. The force of the blast was so great that physicist J. The blast killed scores of people instantly and devastated the surrounding area, toppling buildings, setting entire blocks ablaze and triggering a tsunami.
Compounding the tragedy was the fact that a blizzard struck the region that night, hampering rescue and relief efforts. More than 2, people died as a result of what became known as the Halifax Explosion—the largest man-made blast until the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan in — while more than 6, others were injured and some 9, people were left homeless. On April 27, , some 1, people—many of them Union soldiers recently freed from Confederate prison camps—perished after this side-wheel steamboat exploded, burned and sank in the Mississippi River.
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