Some wrecks, we have known
I have listed shipwrecks that are more than 23,000 deaths in total in the case.
So the Titanic the most costly in human lives?
Some think so.
They are wrong.
Skip wreck (over 1000 dead)
April 27, 1865: La Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River, near Muizenberg. The boiler is faulty vapor is dangerous. (Died 1450) Read Sultana at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ ~ pool General / sultana.htm. This site claims that there were more than 1700dead.
14-15 April 1912: The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. The death was the lack of lifeboats, the mismanagement of the lifeboats, waiting too long to fall lifeboats, and the failure of a number of other vessels to respond quickly to problems. Titanic to be unsinkable. Like the lining of the iceberg struck head-on rather than a rocking beat look, probably would not have sunk. Lower-class passengers have suffered more. (Died 1503) Readand see photos of the Titanic: http://www.titanic-online.com/. You can read the radio transmissions from: [http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Cauldron/5807/Titanic/message.html].
May 17, 1915: Lusitania by a German submarine sunk off the coast of Ireland. The Germans claimed that the ship was carrying weapons. Suggesting that last dive was. (Died 1198) Read the large vessels, and political intrigue: http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/lusitania.html.
February26, 1916: The French ship La Provence, sank in the Mediterranean Sea. (3100 deaths) should not be confused with a ship of war much later. Read the ship http://www.greatships.net/provence.html. This site claims that the death toll was around 900 you can enjoy various studies. E 'was transporting troops, but many were saved. The losses were partly caused by rough seas, which prevents the launching of lifeboats. A German submarine sank the ship.
December 16, 1917: TheMont Blanc, IMO, a French munitions ship collided with a Belgian steamer in Halifax Harbor. (1,600 deaths) This is one of the most interesting events of history. Not only was the ship in distress. Read it at: http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/he2_ruins/he2_ruins_countdown_catastrophe.html. Here's an excerpt: "The steel hull burst sky-high, falling in a blizzard on the fire projectiles on Dartmouth and Halifax twisted. Some pieces are very small, others are very large. Some ofanchorage to the ground hit more than 4 kilometers away across the north-west arm. A VAT gun landed in Durban more than 5 kilometers from the port. "
November 1948: The Chinese ship explodes out of the evacuation of southern Manchuria. (6,000 deaths), I found nothing interesting in this disaster. It is covered in a book, but I found a good website. If you find one, send me. I learned that the ship was http://liners.greatnet.us/shipwreck_timeline.htmChinese Nationalist troops from Manchuria to endure.
December 3, 1948: Chinese refugee ship exploded south of Shanghai. (1100 + dead) I found this site. The http://liners.greatnet.us/shipwreck_timeline.htm I learned that the refugees were fleeing communist China.
September 26, 1954: La Toya Maru, a ferry sank in Japanese Tsugaru Strait. (1172) Some U.S. military personnel died in this disaster.
December 20, 1987: The Dona Paz, aPhilippine ship sank after a collision with a tanker in Tablas Strait. (+ 3,000 deaths) Read more at http://www.hazardcards.com/card.php?id=14.
February 17, 1993: Neptune: triple-deck ferry off the southern peninsula of Haiti capsized in a storm. More than 1000 passengers believed drowned. About 300 survivors of the shipwreck.
September 26, 2002: Senegal's state-run ferry, the Joola, sank off the coast of Gambia. (1,800 deaths). Read about the effects ofhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2290490.stm.
The End