How many ships have sunk

On the night of April 14 to the morning of April 15, , the North Atlantic Ocean witnesses what would become the most recognized ocean disaster of the 20 th century; the sinking of the RMS Titanic. More than1, people died in the incident. The ships are just but a few of the millions of shipwrecks that lie on the seabed. Parts of the oceans are known to deadly navigational channels and hundreds of ships have sunk in these channels.

The Graveyard of the Atlantic lies off the coast of North Carolina. It is estimated that 5, ships have sank at the spot. The Bermuda Triangle is another known death trap for ships and airplanes.

The triangle lies between the southern coast of Florida, Puerto Rico, and the island of Bermuda. Among the drowned were most of the soldiers and crewmembers of the gun warship La Juliana, built near Barcelona in RMS Titanic, the most famous ship for never making her destination, was the largest cruise ship of its time.

The Titanic was built in Ireland at the Harland and Wolff shipyard. It was considered to be the most developed ship of that era. After many unsuccessful expeditions, the wreck was finally located by a joint French—American expedition in Quite a number of artefacts have been removed from the shipwreck and they are displayed in the National Maritime Museum, in England.

Many schemes were proposed to raise the ship, but the fragile condition of the vessel prevented such plans. The vessel was en route from Quebec City to Liverpool, with passengers and a crew of abroad when the vessel went down in one of the worst disasters in Canadian maritime history.

On several occasions after the incident, several divers have successfully recovered many valuables including silver bars, a brass bell and a stern telemeter etc from the ship.

The Estonia ship casualty in the Baltic Sea is one of the biggest maritime incidents to have occurred in the recent past. Over people lost their lives in this horrifying incident and the majority of the bodies were never recovered. The cause of the accident remains controversial as there are many theories about the cause of the sinking. The most commonly known reason for the accident is said to be the rough weather conditions that the ship encountered.

After the accident, there were demands from the relatives of the deceased to raise the vessel in order to give a land burial. And, at the same time, there were discussions to raise the ship for a detailed inspection to know the cause of the accident. However, the Swedish government decided to bury the vessel and thousands of tons of pebbles were dropped on the site. As per the Estonia Agreement , the burial site has been designated as a sea grave and prohibited the exploration of the wreckage.

The vessel, which had 1, passengers and crew members on board, was en route to New York City when it met with one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history. The gun ship of the Royal Navy HMS Victory was launched in the sea in the year and met with an accident in the English Channel in the year The sinking of HMS Victory, in one of the worst British naval disasters in the English Channel, claimed the lives of more than 1, sailors. The ship disappeared from sight at the Channel Islands and for over years, there was no sight of any remains of the ship.

The shipwreck was discovered in the year by the Odyssey Marine Expedition of the United States around 43 nautical miles from where it encountered the storm and disappeared from sight. One of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history, the collision claimed the lives of at least 4, people.

The British passenger liner RMS Carpathia is best known for rescuing survivors from the Titanic when the cruise ship met with its accident. However, Carpathia met with the same destiny when it was destroyed by a German submarine in the year , at the time of World War I.

The vessel was attacked by three torpedoes from a German U-boat when it was moving as part of a convoy travelling from Liverpool to Boston and five people were killed in the accident. Question: How many ships lie at the bottom of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? Answer: Ships have gone under since man took to the water, and since that reaches into ancient history, there can be no accurate count.

Explorers have recently been able to retrieve artifacts from ships sunk as early as the 5th century B. Many ships of the ancients Romans have also recently been explored. War and weather makes no shortage of shipwrecks throughout history.