2007-06-28 02:40:15 · 14 answers · asked by hangul 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
How many of the thousands and thousands of ships that sank before the Titanic would you like to know about.
If you really want an answer, check the records of Lloyds of London... they came into being because of all the ships being lost.
2007-06-28 02:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Titanic sank on 15 April 1912
The steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River in 1865 claimed an estimated 1,700 lives.
1904's General Slocum disaster, involving a steamship circling Manhattan, took over 1,020 lives.
SS Norge off Rockall in 1904 with the loss of 635 lives.
RMS Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7, 1915 (all those who named the Lusitania should be spanked for failure to do a HINT of research !!
2007-06-28 11:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After Titanic was the Lusitania May 1915
2007-06-28 09:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you need to remember is this: MANY, MANY ships sank long before Titantic. What made the Titantic so famous was it's owners' promise of "unsinkability", and the fact that it did sink after hitting that iceberg on it's maiden voyage. Subsequent ship designs were changed to allow for the possibility of iceberg collison damage.
2007-06-28 10:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by jonwalkerr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RMS REPUBLIC sank January 24, 1909 off the eastern coast of the US. She was a medium sized liner carrying several million dollars worth of American gold eagle coins.
2007-06-29 17:42:46 · answer #5 · answered by brian L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 1904 General Slocum wreck was the poster child for maritime safety before the Titanic.
http://www.general-slocum.com/
2007-06-28 09:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by anywherebuttexas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Anne's Revenge
2007-06-28 12:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of pirate ships and the like. One in the news today is the Whydah in 1717
2007-06-28 09:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by WineGuy_4647 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of Christopher Columbus' three ships.... the Santa Maria.
2007-06-28 13:14:21 · answer #9 · answered by Answers-for-you 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The lusitania.
2007-06-28 15:55:17 · answer #10 · answered by mick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋